2012

Untitled (2012) Plastic picnicware The conventions of the museum are such that whether an artifact is a commercially produced plastic picnic cup or a rare Ming vase it will receive the same treatment. It may be displayed in a vitrine, its provenance described and taxonomy established alongside other...

Untitled (2012) Chicks and resin I am interested in the idea of the museum and its reflection on human nature and our desire to accumulate, protect and preserve, not only artifacts but life. Natural History collections traditionally employed taxidermy to preserve animals and present them in a...

Meta work (2012) Household gloss paint I am currently exploring the idea of Abstract Art work being 'meta-work' (a work about that work that represents itself, the process of its creation or materiality, the convention of art, or the gallery where it’s hung). An object removed from the everyday and...

Untitled (2012) Baby doll and toy soldiers I focused on the idea of creating a visual juxtaposition between the modern toy soldiers made from readily available, cheap plastic and the valuable late 1940s Pedigree doll made from hard plastic. I constructed a scenario, much like a child would during...

Sunny Side Up (2012) Lego fried in mineral oil Frying the Lego has destroyed the object's foundations. It is now in a transitional state, the egg may be seen to be either forming out of a mould into building blocks or on the contrary melting back into its original liquid state. There is a...

Self portrait (head removed) (2012) and Relic of middle child’s hand (2011) wire, homemade playdough, wax, marbles, acrylic paint, dead foliage, wood, homemade playdough (flour, wax, water, p.v.a., talk, baby milk), wine gum and staples. This piece was inspired by St. Theresa’s arm. A 16th century...

Untitled (2012) Heat-sensitive till roll All through our lives we own a huge range of plastic objects, often quite fleetingly. This work is my personal museum of plastic; every plastic object that I can remember owning, from early childhood to the present day. When I am dead many of these objects...

Plastic Movement (2012) Plastic Straws Repetitive performative acts shape the body engaging it in a plastic dance. As well as plastics our bodies are docile, versatile and surprisingly fragile. In “Plastic Movement” the body and the plastics blend as an allegory of the social construction of the...

Under the guidance of Julia Flatman, Senior Associate Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, and as part of their unit: Defining practice 1, Level 4 Fine Art Students were given the opportunity to develop work in response to MoDiP. The learning outcomes of the unit include being able to: demonstrate an...

We are working hard towards our Plastics for Gold exhibition. We have some fabulous objects to go on display including a canoe paddle, stadium seat and some rowing pogies. One sport which will be featured in the display is track cycling, to get you in the mood I wanted to share this fantastic short...