WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION.
(As you enter, clockwise around the room)
Not Knowing, 2020
Candles, nails
“I’ve been collecting zero birthday candles for a number of years, trawling gift shops and online for all available variations.”
BACK WALL:
No Looking Back (Mary) x10, 2021
Billboard print. 210 x 297cm
“I spent an afternoon drawing sunbathing naturists at Oakwood Sun Club, each without looking back at the paper. This is a ten times enlargement from a very high resolution scan of an original A4 drawing.”
Body Ascendant, 2021
Sun lounger, shoes, clothes, note book, pen, book, bungee cords
“The basic elements I had with me on my first visit to Oakwood Sun Club, that I then discarded when I felt comfortable, combined into a suspended sculpture that acts as a proxy for me as well as everything but me.
Mirrors of Oakwood #1, 2017-2020⠀
Inkjet print, tape, recycled frame, loose change, 1962 edition of Health & Efficiency magazine, epoxy resin, textiles (poncho), 50x90cm⠀
“From a series where I photographed the all the mirrors at Oakwood Sun Club. Framed as a kind of filing system with other ephemera, topped with the petrol money to get from my house to the club and back again. Each one is arranged over a piece of fabric relevant to club naturism. ‘Textile’ is the naturist nickname for non-naturists.”
RIGHT WALL:
Mirrors of Oakwood #2, 2017-2020⠀
Inkjet print, recycled frame, adhesive tape, loose change, epoxy resin, membership patch, textiles (souvenir tea towel), 40x55cm.
Nothing’s Better, 2017/2021
Cyanotype print, recycled frame, paper, bin sticker, wooden offcuts, CT1 adhesive, metal brackets
“‘Nothing’s Better’ is the motto of British Naturism. This print was also made on Oakwood’s sun lawn using the club’s tea bell and found grasses. The frame is surrounded by scrap wood from various significant eras.
Mirrors of Oakwood #3, 2017/2020⠀
Inkjet print, recycled frame, adhesive tape, loose change, epoxy resin, membership patch, leaf patches, twig, textiles (quick-dry beach towel), 63x105cm.
No Photography, 2017/2021
Cyanotype print, recycled frame, Health & Efficiency magazine, wooden offcuts, printed sign, mug, bamboo, CT1 adhesive.
“A cyanotype print of my digital camera, that I wasn’t able to use at the naturist club, with other found elements.”
Continued:
Ø (All My Clothes), 2017/2020
Cyanotype print, recycled frame, decking, bamboo, pine, CT1 adhesive, metal brackets.
“A cyanotype made at the Oakwood, of all the clothes I took off, arranged on treated paper on their sunbathing lawn. Framed with offcuts of decking. The improvised design references naturism’s embracing of imperfection, resourcefulness, and the geometry of 1920’s domestic furniture, the era when organised naturism in the UK began.”
NEAR WALL:
Self Portrait as Laughter Yoga Teacher, 2020/21
Inkjet print, IKEA picture frame, AR70 museum glass.
“I drew myself in the mirror, holding a laughing expression, using pencil and the same blue and red MAC cosmetics I often use when leading Laughter Yoga sessions. I like that it is a photo of a drawing, of me pretending to fake laugh, in a cheap wood-effect frame, fitted with museum quality non-reflective glass.”
Low Squat, 2020/2021
Berocca, beetroot, coffee, blue food colouring, custom frame, pine dowel, CT1 adhesive
“From a series made in the first lockdown, using materials found at home as I couldn’t access my studio. Representing exercises you could perform easily at home. The bespoke frames are encrusted with replica berocca tablets made from sliced broom handle.”
Static Lunge, 2020/2021
Berocca, beetroot, coffee, blue food colouring, custom frame, pine dowel, CT1 adhesive
Vowel Laugh, 2021
Assorted woods, plastic pipe, screws, metalwork paint, clown nose, wig,
“An attempt to give form to a Laughter Yoga exercise, not only the sounds but the comparable effort to conjure a faltering replica out of raw materials and willpower. This is then also a hanger for elements of my own clown disguise.”
Do You Want To Colour In This Question?, 2017/2019
Paper, felt tip, recycled frame
“A page from my Activity & Inactivity Book, that was enlarged and placed on my door for the duration of an Open Studios weekend.”
ABOVE DOOR:
Tick, 2017
Found Branch
FLOOR:
Activity (& Inactivity) Table, 2021
Foldable picnic table, Activity (& Inactivity) Sheets, felt pens, crayons.
“I’ve designed my own activity sheets, feedback forms and audience metrics for exhibitions and events for a number of years. I use them as a space for formal but playful interaction and reflection.”
Plus two research tables of small works and ephemera from some of the projects featured in the exhibition,
CORRIDOR:
Clueless Wordsearch, 2021
Inkject Print, pens, 59 x 84cm
