Setting Up
by kate.grimes
With the wall up and the main leaf feature installed, it was just a question of fine-tuning attaching issues and tweaking last minute placements..
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Bringing the Outside In
by kate.grimes
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Under Construction
by kate.grimes
I started experimenting with ways of constructing an external ‘wall’ internally. Testing different methods of hanging and attaching These led me to question whether the panels should be displayed in individual sections or as a continuous one? Whether to overlap or to join? To curve or run straight? Also, what would be the best distance from the existing internal wall? How would my internal wall reflect the external curtain wall? All images ©Kate Grimes
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Building Blocks
by kate.grimes
Moving from inside to the balcony situated on the outside of the studio space, I started experimenting with imprints. Whilst preparing the paper, I wanted to capture the traces that had been left by previous students as well as any debris that had fallen from the wall when taking the flower pieces down. As a way of preserving those who had worked and inhabited the space before me. From the floor to the curtain wall which has started to move […]
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Suspended
by kate.grimes
Further explorations of encasing flowers using alternative materials and methods. The sunflowers were given to me by one of my peers and the roses, as with the flowers used for the wall installation, were kindly donated by Sainsburys! All images ©Kate Grimes
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Scaling Up
by kate.grimes
Having been working on a small scale, the new space has started to free my work up on a larger scale and given me the opportunity to explore how things sit and inhabit space in relation to each other. These series of tests were made during a period of indecision as to which direction to move in next… All images/video ©Kate Grimes
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Part of the Process
by kate.grimes
The use of cut flowers within my work is in relation to process and preservation. These delicate objects that are used in various ways, as markers of events and ritual, to brighten our homes, are literally, dying in front of us. Thrown out after losing their freshness and appeal, I am investigating ways of prolonging their lifespan, giving them an alternative direction not just in the physical sense but also in their meaning. The effects their cultivation has on their […]
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Where to Begin?
by kate.grimes
The irony of moving from a small corner space in one studio which I occupied for over a year to a much larger one for the short duration of a few months in preparation for the MA final major project and exhibition has not been lost on me. It coincided with the onset of the phenomenon of ever shrinking studio space which is fast becoming a reality for many courses within the arts education system. How do we then inhabit, […]
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Inhabited Space
by kate.grimes
How do we inhabit, move through and interact with our surrounding space? Do objects and materials themselves from a specific site have to remain in situ in order to be relative or can they move around freely and create an alternative narrative? These pieces were made as a series of material tests to explore how to capture space and memory through material. All images ©Kate Grimes
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