THE HOLLOW FRAMES
2019
Steel, wrought iron components, screws, lacquer, wax, brass rods, pewter, makeup palette
96 x 69 x 25 cm
2019
Steel, wrought iron components, solar panel, chain, rubber, magnets, marker pen, lacquer, wax, bolts, washers, screws
206 x 120 x 57 cm (dimensions variable)
2019
Steel, wrought iron components, makeup palette, lacquer, wax, screws
73 x 51 x 12 cm
2019
Steel, wrought iron components, lacquer, wax, bolts, washers, screws
118 x 102 x 35 cm (dimensions variable)
2019
Steel, wrought iron components, metal plate staple, bolts, screws, washers, Co2 cartridges, shaving mirror, rope, lacquer, wax
206 x 120 x 57 cm
2020
Steel, wrought iron components, screws, lacquer, wax, brass rods, pewter, plastic makeup palette
68 x 51 x 22 cm
2016 - 2019
Mixed media
28 x 12 x 9 cm each, approx
The Hollow Frames is a collection of work that combines shapes, imagery and ideas from fairy tales, fairground sideshows, folk art, folk horror, historical ironwork and popular high street products that relate to the body. They reference these subjects with a Hauntological sense of the misremembered, incorporating a faded sense of the influence these subjects have had on popular culture. The works are expressions of an urge to re-connect with ancient craft practices: a way to summon or revisit the thoughts, visions and journeys the originators of such techniques may have taken. These long-dormant memories are brought into a contemporary narrative using discarded objects such as canisters of Nitrous Oxide (hippy crack), makeup palettes, nose rings, or a vanity mirror.
