I spent two glorious days in the sun the week before last in the grounds of Nottingham Castle, overlooking the city and rehearsing the making of
my next installation for the museum’s forthcoming exhibition Make Believe: re-imagining history and landscape.
The city’s history
and connection with lace making informed my contribution to the exhibition: a large scale lace installation created on the lawn around the castle using fencing pins
and rope. Helped by three assistants and a group of enthusiastic
volunteers, we rehearsed the making of the piece by using our fingers and hands to stitch between trees. We then proceeded to do something close to formation dancing, acting as human
bobbins, holding lengths of yarn and winding these around the (metal fencing) pins as you would
on a lace pillow. Click here for footage of the rehearsal on the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art website.
Many possibilities and challenges were revealed
as we worked and talked about what we were doing and at the end of the two days, I came away from from the activity
with a head full of ideas which I’m now processing. I’ve now ordered nearly two
hundred fencing pins and can’t wait for the next time I am up there
with this lovely group.
Thanks so much to all the volunteers who helped rehearsing the piece, and to my assistants Jess, Sarah and Rossella. You were all great!
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