The street, the studio, and the home offer rich sources of visual information, prompt spatial and sensory understanding, and serve as sites of production. Each leave their impact on my work.
Using found objects such as flattened coffee cup lids and fallen leaves, and cast metal street fixtures such as coal hole covers and grates, soft sculptural forms were produced by printing on naturally-dyed eco-printed linen and repurposed clothing. These composite works offer traces and glimpses of walks taken, echoing a psychogeographic perspective on navigating and experiencing urban spaces. Fredric Jameson's (1991) concept of the ‘aesthetic of cognitive mapping’ provides a conceptual framework, as it addresses the interrelationship of walking, mapping, and the perception of societal structures. In the context of daily urban life, the cognitive map extends beyond physical navigation to encompass a deeper understanding of an individual’s position within wider societal systems and their invisible yet influential forces (O’Rourke, 2013).
Traversing practices and processes of walking, printmaking, crochet, sewing, embroidery, and quilting, the work aims to join conceptual, studio, and craft contexts, calling attention to the divides, tensions and possibilities that lie at the intersection of art and craft, public and private, and the personal and collective in art practice and education.
Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism: Or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
O’Rourke, K. (2013) Walking and mapping: artists as cartographers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Traversing practices and processes of walking, printmaking, crochet, sewing, embroidery, and quilting, the work aims to join conceptual, studio, and craft contexts, calling attention to the divides, tensions and possibilities that lie at the intersection of art and craft, public and private, and the personal and collective in art practice and education.
Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism: Or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
O’Rourke, K. (2013) Walking and mapping: artists as cartographers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.