Description
The drawings initially came through thinking about influences on me as a child. I thought about the women we are are told about in Catholicism – and what there real stories might be – Mary (Jesus’s mother) Mary Magdalene and the story of St Teresa of Avila.
Inspired by stories of women who ‘held it together’ through adversity and how their stories continue to change in history. Using textile metaphor, materiality, a sense of movement and change – I distilled a sense of soft power, strength and change from my reading into the compositions.
During lockdown, I started drawing regularly. As we moved through these different spaces of
new routines
freedom
isolation
worry
I used this time to reflect on my practice and started an ongoing series of drawings. I would drop, place, arrange ribbons and draw – selecting certain shapes and forms that spoke to me of
unravelling
tying
holding
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Framed image credit: Rob Harris
