...had to submit our artist's statement this week, ready for the CONNECT 08 catalogue etc. Really good exercise actually, had a whole range as illustrations in the session - most appealing were short, simple, engaging...tried to incorporate this into mine. Getting feedback was crucial, tried to sound out as many people as possible, right across the board so as not to get 'yes men' replies - fellow CONNECTors, Jo, Uni colleagues etc. Feedback was really positive, and this is what I came up with:
First, take something beautiful. Then do one of three things:
· Emulate it
· Enhance it
· Entrap it
To me, that beautiful thing might be a discarded piece of stone, a lost language, an odd creature, a fluid moment. These are the things I love, the things I translate and transpose into something palpable, something desirable, something wearable.
Works in many contexts, doesn't refer to particular collections but can neatly be added to for particular purposes.
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