THE VOID
The work addresses the dark void felt in the core of our being after the loss of someone close.
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The void is a series of installations Expressing how grief and loss can have a physical effect on the body and how our memories of someone can change and evolve overtime.
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The body of work has developed from an installation I created in 2017, The Void. The Void was a site-specific installation, encompassing existing, architectural structures within the room. The circle symbolises the void, the eternal. The circle changed to a square after the loss of my mother, acknowledging the different experiences of grief.
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The tangible, palpable aspects of coal and the effects they have on the atmosphere within the room, are an integral part of the body of work. This reflects the effects that grief, depression and trauma can have on the mind and body.
The Royal Standard Liverpool
‘THE VOID’ Coal 500cm x500cm
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The Waterfront Art Gallery
‘Door’ Coal, 250cm diameter
Letting in the Light
Liverpool John Moores University
Solo Exhibition 2017
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COAL ON SILK, INK ON SILK, COAL PRINT ON PAPER
MAKE Liverpool 2022
400cm x 400cm Coal, Paper, Wood
MAKE Liverpool 2022
400cm x 400cm Paper, Wood
Liverpool John Moores University 2022
400cm x 400cm Coal, Salt, Fabric
Liverpool John Moores University 2022
400cm x 400cm Coal, Salt, Fabric
TRACES
The installation ‘Traces’ reflects on how people we encounter, leave traces on our lives. Impressions we absorb, often without conscious thought, that can stay with us for a lifetime.
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When coal is placed onto sheer fabric, and water added, ochre coloured sulphur seeps from the coal and impregnates the material, leaving a trace where the coal once was. When people enter our lives whether for extended or fleeting moments, they can leave traces on our memories.
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The work consists of 4 aluminium and wooden frames, with fabric suspended from each measuring 200cm x 200cm, a wooden plinth displaying an unfired porcelain tree resting on a bed of coal. The coal sits in a clear plastic container, when water is added the sulphur leeks from the coal. The un-vitrified porcelain absorbs the ochre fluid and travels up the body of the sculpture, tinting the white porcelain.
Traces, 2022, Fabric, coal, salt, aluminium frame, wood, porcelain,
coal, water, plastic substrate.
Traces, 2022, fabric, coal, salt, aluminium frame, wood, porcelain,
coal, water, plastic substrate.
Sulphur crystals forming on top of coal and creating colour and texture
when absorbed into unfired porcelain.
MEMORIES
The installation is an expression of a personal journey of understanding and learning to coexist with grief. Memorials in Flores expresses the period of transition from the darkest moments to a form of reflection, acceptance and new beginnings.
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The work consists of tree branches covered with un-vitrified porcelain, standing in a meadow of wildflowers. An oak sapling is encased in soil, held in a hessian bag and supported by a branch in the shape of a
disfigured limb. The wildflowers stand in soil which sits in a substructure constructed of wood and polyethene. The wooden substructure is coated in soil. Over time, the un-vitrified porcelain degrades, exposing the bare branches underneath.
