“I’ll be using the time as a way to reset my art practise and create a new body of work. I’ve been through various periods including as a metal sculptor in Edinburgh where I was part of a women’s welding collective for many years, then worked as a recycled fairtrade designer in different countries of South America, and lately as a Community Artist in and around Wrexham. I’ve enjoyed all these parts of being an artist, and it’s time for the latest metamorphosis as I return to making my own sculptures, but with new materials.
“I’ll be creating a new body of work on a smaller scale using wire, wood, fabric and embroidery, incorporating movement and texture. I want to introduce ideas of storytelling as I’m interested both in the use and subversion of traditional fairytales, and also the tales we tell ourselves as a modern society, and what we leave hidden. I want to use traditional skill techniques to draw people in and look at hidden stories. I’ll also be working on mechanical movements so you may find me in Maker Space scratching my head trying to work out how to make things move.”
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