Process

Conclusion

Artists who inspire my work

• Motoi Yamamoto the Japanese artist with his installation Return to the Sea 2012 inspired me to work on my particular theme. He uses his works as meditation for his never ending healing following his sister’s death from brain cancer. His installations which are intricate and large scale are an exercise necessary for his healing process. Yamamoto also tends to use his installations to hypnotise the viewers and absorbs them in the repetitive ritual of his hand. • I’m also inspired by the South Korean conceptual artist, Kimsooja who combines performance, film photo and sound in mostly her site specific installations. She uses fabrics both literally and metaphorically, and clay while focusing on the action of the performance of the art process. • Christian Boltanski who uses objects such as photographs, pieces of clothing, bells and flowers to give voice to absent subjects so inspires my works. His work titled Chance.2011 speaks to me because the mechanics of the

‘Wheel of Fortune” produces smooth and gracious movements which when observed over time, become soothing and meditative.

• My chosen medium (Fabric sculpting) and techniques (weaving), is inspired by: • 1.Mrinalini Mukherjee a sculptor who uses flexible fibre and textile medium, which includes unconventional materials for sculpting such as dyed hemp fibre, through a weaving technique, to create her monumental pieces that mimic the curves of the human body.

• I am drawn to the use of mainly clay as a medium, because clay is a tactile medium which is also fluid and allows shifting to take place, as one works with it. It does in a way echoes the notion of evolving emotions of grief which tend to take place with time. I also feel that clay will afford me the opportunity to the coping mechanism as it has that soothing and slippery feel to it. To use clay as a medium for my work is a metaphor which will echo the bible