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> SPIDERS FROM MARS - RELIEF CASTS
An ongoing series of relief sculptures made from a collection of spider plant off-shoots that I started growing during lockdown 2020.Each circular work is 32cm in diameter x 4cm depth, includes a wall hanging bracket and a spider plant.
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Installation of 9 works
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Installation of 8 works
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Each work is unique, cast in plaster by directly imprinting the young rooting houseplants into clay to make the mould, which is then cast in plaster, and framed in a bespoke Jesmonite clay cast frame. The familiar but subverted domestic organisms act as a window into an upside-down world where the root systems and fragile specimen like aesthetics appear almost as alien forms. For me, messing around with plants in my flat was an important lockdown activity and a much needed escapism from the covid and political horrors that unravelled in the UK. Spending some quiet time focussing on hands-on and low-budget making in an attempt to process everything seemed an important thing to do.
> SPIDERS FROM MARS - RELIEF CASTS
Each circular work is 32cm in diameter x 4cm depth, includes a wall hanging bracket and a spider plant. Some works are available directly from my studio on request.
