500mmW x 420mmH
2018
Nylon yarn, Various keepsakes, Foam back
One of the two pieces in “I Walked A Landscape With My Fingers”, an explorative project inspired by various terrain and geographical landforms. Incorporating various keepsakes from a personal hoard that do not serve any function, yet are too precious to throw, the work highlights the thin line between ‘trash’ and ‘treasure’. These keepsakes are given a second life by becoming a part of this landscape.
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Base of the artwork was crocheted in a single, flat piece with no draft in mind, exploring colour change in gradient by treating each stitch as a ‘pixel’ and intuitively switching yarns out. While the overall appearance of the work is flat, the schoolgirl is ‘swallowed’ by the sea, while baby hands reach out of the nearby mound.
‘Drown’ features a Japanese schoolgirl figurine from my stay in Tokyo in 2015. Baby hands were from a broken jewelry piece.