Destiny or chance...

Destiny (tablet weaving) 2008 is a sculpture, one of two new commissioned pieces by Compton Verney for their forthcoming exhibition Fabric of Myth. The fabric was woven using playing cards for tablets. The sequence of actions, or the playing of the cards, results in the weaving of the word destiny. It is a set of repeatable sequence of actions, a physical incantation formulated within the traditions of this ancient craft and performed between two people. The resulting woven pieces of mirror each other and the reading the words lead the eye to the set of cards. Chance here appears thus to be predetermined.
For more information on the exhibition, click here.

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Still Worldwide...

Second instalment of the World Wide Web 2007, a piece initially commissioned by the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, for the Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibition in 2007. The piece will now be exhibited at the Indiana State Museum as part of the same touring exhibition from April 25, 2008. For more information on the show, click here.

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Through the eye of the web...

The image above is of the piece Over Here being installed, an installation commissioned for Jupiter Artland. Knitted with fishing line, the piece has been strategically placed so panoramic views of the woods, fields and hills beyond can be seen through the eye of the web. For more information on Jupiter Artland, visit www.jupiterartland.org

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One for the birds…

A project part of the Tatton Park Biennial, Knutsford, celebrating the resident and visiting bird population in the gardens and parkland. Visitors the park will be invited to make and install bird feeders, baths and tables. The house at Tatton Park will also be transformed into a bird hide from which the bird activity might be observed. For more information on the event, click here.

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Crystals are Forever

Detail of the sculpture commissioned by Swarovski for the Unbridaled event at their London's flagship store. The piece, inspired by tiered wedding cakes, is made from glass, royal icing, petal paste and crystals. The modelled sugar and crystal flowers contained within it reference the language of flowers. Included are roses for love, bell flowers for gratitude, yew berries for sorrow, almond for hope, geranium for melancholy and anemone for deceit amongst others.

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Cooking and Constructing

Two video instructables and a sugar graffiti workshop commissioned be Platform 21, Amsterdam, for their Cooking and Constructing project. The event included tagging and pasting up walls with sugar in collaboration with local graffiti artists. For more information on the event, click here.

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Sweet Graffiti (Ivy and Alder)

Ivy is forever, and you can apparently predict the future by listening to the rustling of alder leaves. This sugar mural has been commissioned for the inauguration of the Centre for Drawing’s new premises in Highbury Islington, London.

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Tagging Tate

A two-day project and installation at Tate Britain, exploring sugar, slogans, tagging and graffiti. The project coincided with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery and the display of Mark Wallinger’s State Britain piece.

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Garland Piece for Buddhist Centre

Garland #12 is part of a series of interactive installations using yarn and other materials. For this instalment of the piece, the Buddhist concept of interconnectedness was explored as well as experiencing the value of making collaborative art. In 1926 the Festival Theatre’s patron Terence Gray said that he wanted audiences to “come to the theatre as to a party, and act there in their imaginations according to the pattern of the play.” Garland #12 embraces the sentiments of Gray’s words.

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