Tonight Discernible will open! It’s going to be a gorgeous show, no doubt about it. ZAP’s Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley have a way of putting together pieces, taking their cues from unexpected connections, teasing out correspondences, disparities, complexities.
I’m looking forward to seeing my work next to drawings, paintings, photographs (glimpsed a little preview on Facebook). Something happens in the interactions between media, adds layers of interest and inquiry.
My contributions are Urn and Veteran’s girl (briefly known as Hand-me-down). You’ve seen them here first! Titles are important to me – it can take a while to find one that feels right. I often look at poetry, sometimes to appropriate half a line; mostly to put me into a certain frame of phrase-spinning mind. With both pieces I went on elaborate detours, initially lacking the courage to heed their urgent calls: Say my name, say my name!
For Urn I combined two colours of my favourite, rather precious yarn, a wool-silk mixture which seems to glide through my fingers on its own volition. I’m thrilled by the title’s sound too, the way its vowel churns in my mouth – there’s girl, earn, spurn…
Whereas Urn hovers on the brink to abstraction (those lines and arches) Veteran’s girl seems to have an air of authenticity which stirs me and requires further investigation. It also sets the scene for my new project. Go see!
Urn (2012/13)
Dimensions: 20 cm x 30 cm
Materials: crocheted from JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk
Veteran’s girl (2012/13)
Materials: crocheted from wool/polyester yarn
Dimensions: 45 cm x 26 cm
