Beyond the Body. Thinking through Process

Well I’ve installed my work for review and I can’t help thinking that I should have made it in the space rather than offsite. The space was much smaller than I remembered and drilling the ceiling and ensuring all was properly fixed and unlikely to fall was challenging. Therefore I had to abandon my idea of hanging a thin wire canopy overhead and settle for a much narrower version, lessons learned. However it was and is nevertheless a good opportunity to try out ideas and reflect on my use of material and motivations to hang pieces in space. I really do have to get to grips with my fascination with line especially if it is knotted or interrupted. Also why I am driven to capture ‘beautiful dead things’ in wire…