Portrait
Crochet portraits
Abstract crochet 'portraits' of people, aspects or concepts.
Scissors. He is dashing but bears grudges. What you see is not what you get, he has a split personality.
Crochet linen, 6 x 15 cm.
Toilet roll (covid roll). Of course has issues and tissues. Besides being bulimic and suffering a monumental lack of self worth, is also a hoarder and suffers from a lethal fear of water. To her friends will give herself completely.
Crochet cotton, 20 x 10 cm.
Opposition
Mama Mask. She might be trying with all her strength to protect, pulling your ears and smothering your mouth, but it might be in vain, just giving you a fake sense of security.
Crochet cotton, 30 x 19 cm.
Little matchstick girl. She lives above her means and can never pay her bills. Hangs out with the wrong crowd and always smells of smoke.
Crochet wool, 12 x 8 cm.
Matchstick. Has a bit of a temper and mostly hangs out with other matchsticks. They all have a special relationship to the little matchstick girl, whom they love consumptively.
Crochet wool, 12 x 1 cm.
Squire Hat. He looks a bit shifty, but is a harmless, self absorbed avantgarde artist.
Crochet cotton, 8 x 10 cm.
Pursestrings. Holding tight to her assets and two faced. Pretending to be friendly, she lives off your money whilst safeguarding another's interest. She will turn ice cold just when you need her most. Works is financial institutions.
Crochet cotton, filling, 9 x 11 cm.
Red shoes. She tends to make the wrong choices and seeks attention regardless of the consequences. Lives for instant gratification and dance competitions. Crochet mixed fibres, 12 x 8 cm.
Mama Papa. They live as one and complete each other like a pot and its lid. They grow fruit and vegetables and preserve them. Their hands are never idle and their roots entwine with the roots of the forests.
Crochet wool and recycled fibres, 25 x 16 cm.
Strawberries
Strawberries (detail)
Toilet doll
Spearhead
Battleaxe
Negative space, crochet cotton, a member of the Can Lis family, Can Lis, Mallorca, Spain, 2018.
Assorted portraits of different aspects of Can Lis, as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, crochet cotton and linen, Mallorca, Spain, 2018.
The portraits are the result of a 3 day immersion with the space. Some research was done prior to visiting, but crucially, I approached the 'dialogue' with the building with few preconceptions and arrived through a process of drawing, photography, talking, listening and living at the crochet dolls. Had I not been in the space I would never arrived at these conclusions. Engaging intimately with an environment can have surprising results.
Assorted portraits of different aspects of Can Lis as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, crochet cotton and linen, Mallorca Spain, 2018.
Drainpipe, crochet cotton, a member of the Can Lis family, as part of a mini residency at Utzons Can Lis, Mallorca, Spain, 2018.
Pants. Poor pants has never received a good present in their life. It's been nothing but pants.
Crochet cotton, button, 7 x 12 cm.
Missy Elliott, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.
J Low, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.
Hugh Heffner, crochet, mixed fibres, 20cm x 8cm, 2006.
