so far…

Sonia Delaunay Sheila Hicks Alexander Calder

'We feel that several criteria determine whether a work can be called a femmage. Not all of them appear in a single object. However, the appearance of at least half of them should allow thework to be appreciated as femmage.’

Meyer & Schapiro 1977/78

Fast and slow do more than just describe a rate of change. They are shorthand for ways of being, or philosophies of life. Fast is busy, controlling, aggressive, hurried, analytical, stressed, superficial, impatient, active, quantity-over-quality. Slow is the opposite: calm, careful, receptive, still, intuitive, unhurried, patient, reflective, quality-over-quantity.

Honore, 2005

making

Detail of helmet made for exhibitionat the Japanese Embassy, London May 2012

No Shoes No TalkingTokyo WondersiteMarch 2012

Necklace made for interim showApril 2012

doing

exploration mask

Social furniture

thinking

Additions

Sustainability

Mechanisms

Adornment

Joining

Colour

Form

Materials

mending

Exhibition following residency in Cambridge, April 2013Residency undertaken at Anglia Ruskin Universitywith the Global Sustainability Institute

GAME : Momotarodice roll each part

+1 extra +1 body part +colour/texture

3 : MATERIAL1 – wood2 – metal3 – fibre4 – stone5 – ready-made/other6 - beads

1 : CHARACTOR1 – dog (rectangle, brown)2 – bird (triangle, teal)3 – monkey (double oval, grey&red)4 – momotaro (oval, cream)5 – parents (teardrops, lavender)6 – oni (chevron, red)

2 : LANDSCAPE1 – river (waves, blue)2 – bamboo (bamboo, yellow&green)3 – peach (peach, peach)4 – dumplings (round, yellow)5 – boat (boat, cream)6 – home (home, orange?)

4 : JOINT1 – bind (thread, stitch)2 – pierce (nail, rivet, screw, wedge)3 – string (knot, tie)4 – grip (wrap, enclose, claw)5 – joint (joints)6 – any/other

now what…

• Mapping out what I mean by mending

• Looking at who else works in this field and other influences etc

• Working on application for registration

• Working through original proposal to unpick and rewrite

• Making some things to process some ideas