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MRS D |
MRS P Size: 235h x 117w x 52d mm Medium: Bronze Display: Plinth Edition Size: 20 Year: 2013 |
MRS G |
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VESSEL KOWHAI |
BOWL KOWHAI |
RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES |
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KEEP ON MOVING |
LONG LADDER |
TO THE TOP |
CAGED |
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THE GAME OF LIFE (commission) |
LADDER MAN |
3 GIRLS |
NEW STUFF
2013–2014
In August (2014) I thought that my website would be updated quite quickly, as I had collated the images and information for all the new pieces and all I needed to do was write the accompanying blurb. I could then tick that job off my list.
It is now nearly the end of October and I have a huge monkey jumping up & down on my back – I still haven’t written the blurb! I need to stop procrastinating. As all the kitchen doors have been cleaned of greasy marks, the laundry bin is empty and my home is clean my distractions are gone (and the other one is at school!)
For me writing blurbs & sculpting can be quite similar at times - either they flow easily from my mind through my hands into the wax, (and there is a satisfaction as it all comes together quickly and the piece feels balanced and complete) OR it’s the complete opposite a big chore. I can over work a piece because it doesn’t feel right, it hasn’t flowed well so it then feels contrived to me. There can be visual kinks that I just can’t resolve and each time I pass the piece these imperfections are starring back at me – laughing, just like how an older brother or sister torments his younger siblings.
During 2013-2014 I gave myself a very open brief to just create new works.
(I can now tick two jobs off my “to-do” list).
Caged
My father-in-law past away in 2012, this piece represents to me how his body became his cage. Instead of it being a vessel allowing him to live and enjoy life. Over a period of time it shut him off from the outside world, as his body slowly, part by part stopped functioning fully.
Mrs D Mrs G and Mrs P
I wanted to create a group of girls in frocks. I don’t get out much, but when I do it’s nice to dress up and wear a good frock. It’s more appealing than my current evening attire in winter – which are my flannelette P.J’s.
The naming of the pieces came from a conversation I had with a friend who is a teacher at a Catholic school. At her school all children address their teacher’s by their surname and sometimes they are shortened to the beginning letter of their surname. So Mrs P is my friend and Mrs G & Mrs D were my daughter’s lovely year 1 & year 2 teachers.
Acknowledging these wonderful teachers/role models, who have nurtured and loved my child too, seemed a fitting salute.
Keep on Moving & To the Top
There are certain events that occur in your lifetime, that make you think about the realities of life (and getting older), the passing of my father-in-law was one.
What I took from his passing was for me to looking after myself, by keeping fit & active and listening to what my body is saying to me.
In the early years of motherhood I know I suffered from ‘mummy syndrome’ of trying to do it all. The fall out from one mummy syndrome episode, was that my whole mouth became completely filled of ulcers and I was on bed rest for a whole week. In another incident of an extended ‘mummy syndrome’ period, I was continuously getting sick and catching what ever was going around at Torie’s childcare centre, over two consecutive winters.
So now when I feel tired, I take my foot off the accelerator and get an early night’s sleep. It’s hard sometimes when you have deadlines looming, but far easier to take one day off verses be sick for a whole week.
I have a better work life balance, where keeping active is an important factor to being there for my family. ‘Keep on Moving’ and ‘To the Top’ remind me to keep moving, because if I don’t use it, I will loose it – Fitness, flexibility and feeling great.
