2016 Cocoon Project explores the material, transformative and therapeutic possibilities of artmaking. With a contemplative and process-driven approachthe artist has hand-stitched and reshaped pieces of pre-loved linen into a sculpture resembling a protective cocoon 1800mm in height. The creative process of alteration, restoration and stitching relates to a sense of atonement, whereby the handstitched marks autobiographically reflect the process of transformation. The pre-existing history of the old fabrics she sees as carriers of knowledge and their potential to convey a story of fragility, self-growth and renewal. A video projection runs through the work onto the floor, this projection of movement and light relates to the ecological process of the caterpillar to the butterfly. |