Meredith Woolnough
Here the work appears to be mounted directly on the wall. Suspended with pins the shadows created would provide depth, interest and movement in the gallery space.
Orange Nautilus, a slightly smaller work, is pinned on paper. Separate smaller pieces of dense machine stitching are combined in a medley of positive and negative space, again with the complexity of shadows providing a dynamic element to the composition. Some moulding of form has been achieved in the detailed colouring of the work. I don’t know if Woolnough has experimented with additional physical moulding of her large pieces. On her blog she has shown small bowls of her stitched traceries (link). These were created for an exhibition after winning the 2014 Emerging Artist – Craft minor award from Craft NSW. The additional depth and layers of patterning of the rounded forms are very effective. Of relevance to my current research, Woolnough has used cast resin to display some of her small works – “specimens”. In a range of sizes this seems an ideal way to present smaller pieces.Longer term I am very interested to use resin as a display technique, however it doesn’t fit my interpretation of the current course exercise requirements. The casting exercises focus on the manipulated interior space of flexible vessels and on texture created by pressing objects into the still-fluid surface.
All images reproduced by kind permission of the artist.
http://www.meredithwoolnough.com/
http://meredithwoolnough.blogspot.com.au/
Patrick Delorey
For my own studies, this process is a wonderful fit with my 3D design and printing sidetrack in Part 1 of the course (link). I am resisting, or at least deferring, the temptation of another tangent – timing is going to be tight enough, especially given cure times in Sydney’s damp winter. However the idea of mixing resin (or other casting materials) with inclusions is definitely on the list for sampling.
All images reproduced by kind permission of the artist.
http://www.patrickdelorey.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Casting-Coal-With-Epoxy-Resin-and-Silicone-Molds/step4/Processing-Coal/
http://www.autodesk.com/artist-in-residence/projects/erosia.
T1-MMT-P3 Molding and casting – Artist Research: Meredith Woolnough, Patrick Delorey
Textiles 1 – Mixed Media for Textiles
Part 3: Molding and casting
Artist Research: Meredith Woolnough, Patrick Delorey
I’ve really enjoyed reading about the artists you’ve researched in this and your previous post. It is fascinating the breadth of creativity out there- thank you for bringing these artists to my attention.
Isn’t it wonderful that “casting” can be interpreted in so many ways? We’ll never run out of paths to explore.