Histos

All oil on canvas, 2018–20, 40x40cm: 1. Twitch, 2. Twine, 3. Trapped, 4. Loom, 5. Band I, 6. Band II, 7. Warp, 8. Ravel, 9. Gilded, 10. Flawed, 11. Flax

Crimson Broideries 2021 (oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm)

Wilt 2020 (oil on canvas, 76 x 53 cm)

This series of work, begun in 2018, comprises paintings, sculptures, and moving image. It arose from an interest in female agency in Greek mythology, particularly that of Penelope in The Odyssey. 'Histos' means warp or web; anything set upright, as in a loom. The objects and vessels below are made from beeswax, leather cord, and scrim. Dimensions variable.

Vessels, sculpture, beeswax, scrim, weave, histos

Vessels, sculpture, beeswax, scrim, weave, histos, red

sculpture, loom weights, beeswax, leather, weave, histos

Sculpture, beeswax, loom weight, net, weave, histos

Until they twitched no more (2018,looped video)