During the past week or so I have been working on two sculptural pieces for what has become an annual event – a collaboration with the English Department at UCS. This is an excellent opportunity for the Fine Art students to work alongside fellow students studying other subjects and create work which links with theirs.
I have selected two pieces of written work; an essay about friendship where one of them dies tragically and a poem of just six words. I suppose it is no coincidence that I am drawn to the subject of human relationships because they both link in with my project about the ties that bind us as human beings as well as my adoption topic.
These images show the work in progress.
By connecting stitches in both sweaters with stitches I have added, I hope to show the strength of the bond in friendship as well as the devastating effects of a separation by sudden death and the on-going loss of a relationship.
The poem encourages the individual to ask who and what they see when they look in the mirror – a bit of soul searching. As I was painting the door I was asking myself the same question. The mirror is a ‘ready-made’ with louvre doors on which I have painted a large black question mark. The doors can be opened to reveal the individual’s reflection and the invitation to examine oneself.
