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Using materials such as acrylic, spray paint, and latex allows me to mimic the fluid and erratic movements of the body, enhancing the conceptual aspects of my work, such as flesh and blood. I primarily work in triptychs, enrobing each board with the journey from infection to infestation. My work builds in layers, from placing down the initial texture I want to encapsulate, to adding the final layer of peeled latex to mimic flesh. This allows me to reverse and copy the cycle of the parasite, building the host from the ‘inside out’ rather than breaking it down, layer by layer. I utilise the tactile quality of latex and employ its flexibility and sheer appearance to reinforce the theme of decay and skin by manipulating the dried outcomes to fold and wrinkle, with use of materials such as baby powder and tissue paper. This combination helps craft a clear interplay between disgust and fascination, coercing viewers into the push/pull abject of gore and compulsion to touch.
My work focuses on the journey from flesh to corpse through active decay, taking the viewer on an immersive and visceral voyage that the subject would have been admitted to. I emphasise the most overlooked parts and often unsettling parts of decay, such as flesh dehydration and changes to blood, including texture and colour. The new age of my artistic journey shown in the degree show will admit the infiltration of material use in my work. Branching out of painting and using mediums such as expanding foam, chains, modelling paste, and clay has helped develop my work into new innovation. I have chosen to exhibit my work in a butcher shop themed space, equipped with menu boards and authentic butcher hooks, taking my work back to the subjects’ origin.
