Page 70 - The Digital Cloth - Issue 5

onto a more layered state.
My collection of ripped
billboards, wallpaper,
posters, rust and peeled
away paint imagery is
getting quite extensive
–this affection towards
decay is not a new thing,
it is an ongoing love
affair which started back
as a child who gained much
pleasure from picking away
at paint or loose paper if
I was supposed to or not.
For me the layers
created by various
wallpapers and paint
represent a sense of
history left behind and
time but also hints towards
identity too, covered up,
then exposed at a later
date. The shapes I gather
from these layered
accidents have given me a
different kind of
abstraction and also the
freedom to experiment more
with fabrics and textures.
My use of colour and
pattern have become
bolder, but that also comes
hand in hand with a
greater knowledge learnt
about materials. Moving on
from man-made remnants is
organic layering,
everywhere I look
nowadays I see different
textures overlaying in
nature. Whether it is
lichen or moss patches on
gravestones and pavements
or seaweed hanging on sea
defence walls. All show me
a more natural shaping of
materials, the world is
really a feast for the
eyes.