Inside/Outside Nature
(2009-2010)
'In a dark corner, down by the floor, a soft white light appeared. He went up to it and discovered that it came from a clump of Rhizomorphs which, as they breathed, shone like tiny night-lights.
"These plants are really astounding," he said to himself, stepping back to appraise the entire collection. Yes, his object had been achieved: not one of them looked real; it was as if cloth, paper, porcelain, and metal had been lent by man to Nature to enable her to create these monstrosities.'
Plaster casts of tree sections with textile plants growing out. (top to bottom) (60cm x 30cm, 40cm x 20cm, 60cm x 40cm)
Plaster cast of tree with machine embroidered vines, and wire and felt mushroom detail. (20 cm x 40 cm)
Plaster cast of tree, with embroidered and beaded hand felted mushrooms, and crocheted fungus details. (60cm x 30cm)
Plaster cast of tree, with embroidered and beaded hand felted mushrooms, and crocheted fungus details. (60cm x 30cm)
Handmade felt and scrim mushrooms. (sizes vary)
Plaster cast of tree with embroidered and beaded, latex and tissue fungus detail. (60cm x 40cm)
Plaster cast of tree with machine embroidered vines, and wire and felt mushroom detail. (20 cm x 40 cm)
Plaster cast of tree with machine embroidered vines, and wire and felt mushroom detail. (20 cm x 40 cm)
Tiny handmade Felt and bound wire growths.