Holding the Space

An exploration of absence, grief and loss through handmade textile objects, performance, and photography ​

Cast Off
Materials: Inkjet print mounted on Dibond
Dimensions: 900 x 600 mm

This project uses handmade craft practices, performance, and photography to explore the emotional experiences of absence, loss, and grief. Stitching, quilting, knitting, and crochet are used to make embodied wearable objects, to convey emotions that result from being estranged from a loved one. Methodologies that prioritise feeling and listening are employed during the making process, positioning this project within a contemporary feminist political enquiry

 

See Me
 Materials:   Cotton, cardboard from house moving box
Dimensions: 420 x 300 mm

See Me: Wearable Sleeping Bag
Materials: Recycled blanket, cotton fabric, synthetic wadding
Technique: Padded and quilted, hand-stitched, and machine-stitched text
​Dimensions: from shoulder to bottom hem approx. 1250 mm

In Your Place
Materials:  Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450mm

Sit In 
 Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 700 x 450 mm

Shame mask (Cemetery Flowers) 
Materials: Cotton, found fabric flowers
Dimensions: Variable

Shame mask (Red) 
Materials: Acrylic wool
Dimensions: Variable

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Performance #1 - #3
Material: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 250 x 250mm each

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On Longing Journal  
Materials:  Online Flip Book Journal
Dimensions: 210 x 297 mm

 Longing Takes Over #1
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm

Longing Takes Over #2 (Inside Out)
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm

Longing Takes Over #3
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 450 mm

Longing Takes Over #4
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm

Longing Takes Over #5
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm

Longing Takes Over #6
Materials: Lambda Digital C-type Print
Dimensions: 600 x 600 mm

Artworks produced during my Master of Fine Arts 2020