DYCP

My aims for the Arts Council England DYCP funding were to learn new skills and explore the potential of new techniques and materials. My work had been small in scale and dominated by the use of textiles and textile processes to interpret social heritage. The DYCP grant gave me an opportunity to find a stronger voice, building on a keen interest in presenting work outside of conventional gallery settings. 

Inspired by the way in which regional Guernsey knitting patterns would be shared around the UK by women following the fishing fleets, I worked with musician Kit Jolliffe to try and translate knitting notation from heritage patterns into music. We played with mapping the pattern repeats into time signatures and pairing stitches with rhythms and instruments which Kit performed and recorded.

Working with Artecology, I experimented with using natural concrete to cast repeatable, architectural forms as well as learning about the benefits of embedding pattern and texture to encourage biodiversity. I used various aggregates, cast in forms as well as directly into sand using sea water as a solution. These images are experiments using textile processes to creating texture.