​This glass capsule

MID WEST ART PRIZE 2023

​This Glass Capsule, 2023, found linen and silk vintage cushion cover, silk and cotton thread, glass beads, vintage celluloid hand mirror , 58 x 102 x 30 cm 

Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
10 December 2023 - 4 February 2024

This glass capsule* reclaims a homemade cushion cover c1950. On one side is a kind of salt pool, stitched with glass beads, while on the other, embroidery techniques have been used to create a wound or scar, viewable via a vintage celluloid hand mirror dating from the similar time period as the cushion. The lining has been unpicked and areas of damage and staining are highlighted through hand-stitched silk lines. Informed by the Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi which considers felt experiences of nostalgia and impermanence, This glass capsule is one of a series of works that uses recycled textiles in various stages of disintegration / repair. Referring to the passage of time and the domestic lives of women, this work speaks to paradoxical experiences of comfort/ and terror within the home.
 
*Title taken from the poem Poppies in July by Sylvia Plath