20.22 plaster aluminium, acrylic 102 x 100.5 x 82 cm 2022
When my children were tiny babies, when their hand could clutch only one finger and that touch was the most heart wrenching of touches, I would bite their finger nails to trim them. Such a raw thing but the only way to make sure of the absolute certainty of sensitive touch. Remembering this, the taking of their fingers into my mother mouth, brings pricks to me eyes. The memory touches me by surprise. Finger tips can read if they are trained to. They feel
PARENT BODY rolling pin, nails 18cm x 7cm 2023
VOODOO MUM rolling pin, dressmakers pins 18cm x 7cm 2023
OUT OF SORTS wood, human teeth, golf tees 10cm x 4cm x 4cm 2023
RADIO HEAD found materials 24cm x 20cm x 10cm 2023
POTATO MASHER (I Do Not Miss You) bat, fishing wire, metal 40cm x 6cm 2023
WILL POWER found ceramic, cork, wire 7cm x 9cm x 4cm 2023
MURIEL wood, paint, ceramic, metal, bakelite, plastic, rubber, pencil 24cm x 9cm x 7cm 2023
FULL AUDIO EXPERIENCE wood, pins, paint, radio parts 9cm x 14cm x5cm + variable 2023
All works above are available as Giclée prints on Hahnemühle etching paper on available works page
DROP series of 5 resin cast plastic detritus 11cm x 11cm x 15cm each 2020
photographs Hatty Frances Bell, Article Studio, Mike Garlick, Nick Grellier