Glimmers
These works were developed through short residency periods where the inprint method first emerged. The inprint process uses water-activated pigment transfer from painted surfaces onto fabric to create layered figurative works that explore femininity, domestic labour and material memory. The images below show early outcomes, material testing and installation.
Inprint studies installed outdoors during VARC residency.
During the residency I later discovered that the studio had historically functioned as the laundry for High Green Manor. The washing-line installations unexpectedly echoed that history, reinforcing my ongoing interest in domestic labour and material memory.
Process detail: wet cotton laid onto ink painting during transfer (inprint method), VARC residency studio.
Studio view, VARC residency (2023).
Inprint studies on cotton following pigment transfer, hung to dry after water activation.
Inprint studies on cotton following pigment transfer, hung to dry after water activation.
Installation view, Glimmers, Python Gallery (2023).
Inprint works on cotton and garments, exploring fabric as both surface and form.
Inprint works on cotton and garments, exploring fabric as both surface and form.
Surface detail: inprint on cotton, pigment absorbed into woven fibre.
Close detail of inprint on cotton, installed at Glimmers, Python Gallery.
Detail: inprint on cotton, Glimmers, Python Gallery.
Glimmers marked a turning point in my practice, bringing together painting and fabric through a transfer-based process that continues to evolve. The inprint method developed during this period now forms the foundation of my ongoing material research.