An old pair of velvet curtains, they used to hang in my son James' room, before he left home. They have been given the same treatment at the hessian material and sacks ( soaked in wallpaper paste, moulded over household objects, left to dry.) and hung as if on a washing line or at a window. Using this alternative, more opaque fabric has adds different quality and effect to my previous hanging sculptural pieces. The viewer cannot see through to "the other side" giving the work a more mysterious, almost sinister feel. I like the shapes and forms created, they can be observed here more clearly than on the hessian pieces. Hung together the curtains an absorbing sequence. I need to exhibit this piece in a larger white cube space and possibly try different background settings.
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