Sculpture

Friends interested in my work have always donated items they felt might be incorporated into my pieces. ‘Woman’, a dressmakers dummy and her accompanying ‘Throne’ are an example of this generosity.

Sewing has always, instinctively, found a place in my process having been exposed through my childhood to direct contact with my mother’s profession as a tailoress. At the age of 16 Margaret Kenyon left her home town of Burnley to learn her trade from a Jewish tailor in Leeds.

This sculpture was made rapidly with overt references to my mother’s stoic character. Damage and repair came to light translated into the use of domestic fabric and twine. Mother was the working title, later , giving the viewer the opportunity to decide on their own interpretation, I decided on ‘Woman’.

The accompanying piece ‘Throne’, an old metal garden chair, also donated, enabled me to express my admiration and gratitude for her unwavering support, by adorning it with simple elements of enduring history.