Ways to Hold up an Idea

ways to hold up an Idea, Slade Degree Show, June 2022


7 bricks

crushed bricks, sewing, egg tempera on poly- cotton
101 x 121 cm


sweeping forward and sewing to keep

hi-gloss enamel, fabric, sewing, things, all the dust from the hallways one morning on canvas
152 x 182 cm


ways to hold up an idea

hi-gloss enamel, acrylic, wood, brass hinge, blu-tack, assorted metal brackets, cement, various nails and screws, string, first attempt at wood turning, clay, twig, bone, latch on canvas over wood panel
182 x 152 cm


surface of the sun and other things

lots of things on poly-cotton, hinges (double sided) 182 x 101 cm


launching into the region of the strange Untried

colored pencil, acrylic, house paint, string, yarn, wood, screws, paint chip, moss, shell, ball of yarn, basketball card, dirt cast paint, wood stretcher, canvas
121 x 101 x 8 cm


twigs keeping down the wet

house paint, acrylic, twigs, joint compound, cut tacks, brass hinges on poly-cotton
101 x 121 cm


... resulting in the big kaboom

house paint, acrylic, string, joint compound, turmeric, hi-gloss enamel, shelf bracket on poly- cotton (double sided)
50 x 70 cm


the location of the very, absolute, tippety top of the mountain is not yet known

egg tempera, yarn, hand made pigments and the rocks and stones they were made from on poly-cotton (double sided)
101 x 121 cm


net for the present moment

sticks, string, gum, yarn
101 x 85 cm


dirt rainbow/ a jump

dirt, paint, yarn on mesh fabric and wood 

220 x 100 cm