Art and Textiles: The Irish Machine

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Irish Machine

Wow, I love this machine and now I have been inducted I can't wait to get back into uni and spend some time on it. Tomorrow I will try and add an image of my very first piece, but just needed to blog today as so excited about the prospects of some creative pieces to follow, I hope!!

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Artist Statement

I am a mixed media artist living and working in Bristol. Always interested in art for pleasure, I embarked on creative courses as my second son started school. I was secure in a happy family life, but when tragedy struck art became my way of making sense of the world that I had unconsciously become part of. Emotions that made no sense could be explored and played with: loss, anger, control and hope worked through until a sense of calm could be achieved.

The work can be textile or paper based and often involves photography, but the direction always varies as it responds to my emotional state: sometimes process driven, sometimes a reaction to feeling or a thought. It may be in the form of obsessive and repetitive mark making or the abstract use of colours and symbols that explore psychological states of wellbeing. Sometimes it just records a moment which may become a memory, or may just become lost. But the aim is always the same: to live through the conflicts of life and appreciate that sometimes it can be the things that go wrong and show our vulnerability that can actually strengthen and add the most value.