Newest Work; Spiders

Project Type:

Textiles, Sculpture

Date:

Feb 2025 - present

Scale:

currently small (22 x 19cm)

WIP new series of applique textiles work. Started with tenement spider 1 (below) thats made with tartan scraps backed with an old mattress topper.

I'm planning to expand this into a series of work revolving around the eight-legged symbol of a spider and themes of community and isolation. Thinking about a choose your own adventure text, a zine & I've started on a larger 3d piece using the structure from my dads house tent. Watch this space for more spider stuff soon.

Materials:

Second-hand or scrap fabrics, old mattress topper, cotton thread

Location:

Glasgow

Tenement Spider 1, fabric scraps, used mattress topper, cotton thread & displayed with bubble wrap. Photographed by Sebastian Lendenmann at EMBASSY Gallery.

Photos of tenement spider 1 installed at Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, for Salon Traders members show. Then pictures from the making process, a reference pic of my home windows, images of the poster promo for the Embassy show taken by Embassy Committee, reference for next planned piece in the series and finally a pic of the bigger sculptural/textile thing I'm working on in the studio.

First 3 pics taken by Sebastian Lendenmann.