I have now begun exporting
methods I’ve developed at Stave Hill for working outdoors not only around the
country (see Darlington and Coombe Trenchard projects) but also
internationally.
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| materials store |
I’ve recently returned from a
trip to Ghent where I went to meet a community group involved in Made by Oya, a
project run the arts organisation Rocsa. For three weeks in June I’ll be
working with this group using natural plant materials grown in a local
brown-field site where the participants also tend allotments. We’ll be
combining hedgerow basketry with textile weaving and stitch to create a
sculptural intervention in situ.
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| more materials |
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| potential site for installation |
Through working with the group
I’m interested in finding out how to produce work with the utmost economy,
using only materials we harvest as well as some of the yarn we already have in
the atelier. Some of the members of the group, mostly women, are experienced
needle-crafter and also have experience of basketry weaving, so I’m really
looking forward to the many opportunities for exchanging skills and tips while
working together.
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| other work Made by Oya |
As most of the participants do
not speak English and only have the rudiments of Flemish, this exchange will be
a case of showing rather than telling. Making will be the only means of
communication and through this, all going well, the unexpected will be
materialised. I can’t wait…
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