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Collection of new artworks - published June 2012.
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Great Aunt Nellie
Great Aunt Nellie
I will always remember great Aunt Nellie as
having tiny wrists with a mass of beautiful,
jangling bangles! She also smelt great and was
always elegantly dressed. She lived in Kings
Cross, Sydney, Australia.
I recall when I was around 13 years of age,
giving her a framed charcoal artwork I had
done at art school. She very much
appreciated the portrait at the time, so now it
gives me the greatest of pleasure to dedicate
this sculpture to great Aunt Nellie.
In my sculpture, I have used a jewellery box
that my father gave to my mother when they
first got married for the dummies finial. It
ended up in the garage with nails in it, so I
have restored the box then lined it in purple
satin and hand beaded the interior of the box.
I have used an old chandelier for the top of the
box and hand beaded the wire to give it
prominence.
I hand built the chest of great Aunt Nellie as a
jewellery box. Both the front and the back of
the box open up to store either jewellery
or perfume. The inlaid pieces on the four
doors are reminiscent of Charles Rennie
Mackintosh’s “Ladderback” and
“Willow”chairs. I handmade all the tiny
door handles in wood and painted them in
metallic silver and gold.
Medium: Wood, jewellery box, table,
chandelier part, fabric, lace, beads,
perfume bottles, crocheted metallic
thread and wire, paint
Size: 1770 x 830 x 430
Year: 2012
An old table forms the hips of the dummy and I
have built the legs as a shelf to store perfumes.
Old painted lace forms the skirt and I have
crocheted fine metallic thread and wire all
over the work to give the effect of clothing on
great Aunt Nellie.
The base is built of wood covered in old
painted lace and old perfume bottles that I
asked friends and relatives to give me as a
memento. Special mention must be given to
my friend Glynn’s generous contribution of all
those miniature bottles of scent.
This work is another in my “Aunt Series” that I will
be producing throughout my entire life as a
dedication to those strong, eccentric women
who had amazing personalities and lived life to
the full!
Geometric Series
Geometric
Series Geometric Series
Geometric Series Geometric Series
Metal Bikinis
Great Uncle John draped in Charles James
Paco Rabanne consumed by dog eat dog world of fashion
Charles James in bookish mode