Artist statement

Within the contemporary world we inhabit, artists are continually experimenting, drawing on a variety of techniques and combining different art forms to create innovative and fresh approaches to artmaking. Artists explore and push the boundaries of traditional art practices, producing new artistic styles and methods. My practice explores the depth of human waste, and the impacts such activities have on the environment. By employing alternative techniques, I transform mundane, everyday objects into something entirely distinct from their original form. Through a process of deliberate deconstruction and re-assembly, I lay bare the human impact on material items. In the end, my work is a testament to the limitless possibilities of art and its ability to reshape our perceptions and exceed its current boundaries.

Process

This piece was created through layering, weaving and manipulating baskets and placemats to reform them into something entirely different from their original form. I began by crafting a base for the skirt by wrapping the bottom of a mannequin with chicken wire, providing a structure that the baskets could be attached to. I cut, folded and reshaped different sections of the baskets and placemats, using scrap wire to attach them to the chicken wire. I made the top using the bases of the baskets, ensuring all pieces of the baskets and placemats were utilised to avoid any wastage.