This body of work examines the precarious nature of the ‘home’. Influenced by times of crisis past and present; the housing crisis, war and the famine. Looking to the past in attempts to navigate the present and from here question the future. Compelled by not only the idea but the physicality of a ‘home’ being devastatingly out of reach for many.
Drawing on the history of The Famine and the role lace making played during this time. Lace making became a means of survival for many, utilising a domestic craft to earn a living. The lace tapestry Solos ó inne(Yesterday light), serves as a window to the past and a lens in which to view all that inhabits the space in this present moment. Honouring the past and creating space for it to bleed into the present.
Curiosity is an integral part of these works within viewing and creating. Fleeting figures attempting to occupy transient spaces. Questioning our interactions with spaces as ever changing beings, acknowledging that familiar spaces also change in often conflicting ways. Utilising objects as anchoring points offering the viewer a tangible entry point into an otherwise abstracted interior. All of these scenes are carefully selected, individuals past and present briefly inhabiting spaces that are not theirs to call ‘home’.
Informed by the housing crisis the walls have been painted a colour that resembles the magnolia associated with rented properties. These walls are the exact colours found in the rented house I currently live in, which has become my home for this moment in time. Acknowledging that this house has held and expelled the lives of many before and after me. The painted walls allude to the precarious nature of ‘home’ in today's climate while the crumbling stone walls opposing them echo the passing of time.
