2012 Ode


Ode is a project that continues an exploration into notions of desire, loss and mourning. These works on paper are partly inspired by Victorian practices of ornamental hair work. This was an era when death was the subject for polite conversation and mourning was a protracted agony accessorised with brooches and lockets containing the deceased's hair. Today, however, death appears to be sanitised and mourning rituals have little presence in our social milieu. These works are an ode to mortality.

Eternity Ring
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Fallen
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Garland
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Growth
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
I Heard A Fly Buzz
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Knot
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Musca
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Rosettes
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Silence
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper
Stem
30cm (W) x 30cm (H)
Archival Ink on Rag Paper