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Feminine roles reimagined
As well as developing the practical skills needed to explore sugar as a sculptural material another aim was to develop a deeper understanding of confection in association with the female body sensory pleasures and embodiment. I approached curator and writer […]
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The art of confectionery
I finally got to do my short course in sugar work. A whole day of pure sweet indulgence! I spent the day at Spun Candy in London, working one on one with a specialist sugar crafter, who taught me the […]
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Clouds of sweetness permeates my mouth
The past two weeks have been very productive and I have continued to use Marshmallow, as an ‘edible flesh.’ I have been thinking a lot about women, our bodies and food recently. The studio visit from film-maker Tereza Stehlikova and performer Tereza Kamenicka allowed […]
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Sugary Mucilage
I have begun my bursary research by reflecting on a previous piece of work titled ‘Consuming surfaces’ A 5ft x 2ft Marshmallow slab. The marshmallow weighed 1stone and had 126 gelatine leaves, 14lbs of sugar and 28 egg whites. It […]
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Dwelling and allowing myself to get lost.
It has been a long time since I have posted in this blog and it’s because this archiving process is very time consuming, I think I need to start to keep a diary. From this process, three different collections have become […]
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collecting and archiving.
I have been reflecting upon my practice, going back through journals, notes, voice recordings, text clippings, images, sketch books and blogs. I feel like I am wondering back through my thoughts, re-tracing my steps. To re-think the ideas, a conscious […]
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Gestures and sensations
Image Credit: Kaye Winwood Last Wednesday, Kaye and myself presented Expanded Intimacy; it’s research and the prototypes so far, to an audience to gain their feedback. The intention being that from this exchange the knowledge gained will feed into […]
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Tactile Pleasures
The hands relationship to the mouth, is a mutual interest to Kaye and myself. For awhile now we have had many conversations about the hands’ connection to our mouth, so it feels very natural to play with this notion. We […]
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Combinations
Just when I thought that our research residency couldn’t of gotten any more exciting, it did! We started to make our designs with glass-blower Steve Williams in the lab and it is proven to be very re-warding for both parties. […]