Doesn't time fly?! Here are some images of my art created for BioFest, a celebration of biological studies at Sheffield University, over November 2023. My piece was exhibited in Firth Court for the main ceremony; it was only on for a couple of days, so sadly not all that many people got to see it. However, the evening itself was hugely successful. I learnt a lot about studies the university is doing (paralysing fruit flies being the one that sticks in my mind the most), and got to enjoy the work of other artists, including Kid Acne and Luke Jerram.
I hadn't originally planned to create prints on fabric, but I'm so pleased I went with my gut and changed my initial idea - the fabric partitions were reminiscent of hospital wards, and spoke to the lived reality of patients, rather than just the scientific element of the work. Whilst the drawings and the printing are uniform and delicate, the reality for those living with cancer is very different to that; stretching and manipulating the fabric onto the frames created a sense of tension and unease. Following on from the project, I plan to use the fabric to create tote bags, which I will be selling in aid of cancer research UK - I'll launch them on my instagram when they're ready.
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