Nnausea

The works for this exhibition are from the series ‘nnausea’ this series started from a makeshift street weapon, used in the north of England, made by gluing two blades either side of a coin. The two cuts from the two blades are so close that the skin in between them dies, because it can’t heal the same way a single cut heals. This weapon is intended for permanently scarring, rather than causing a grievous injury to the victim.

That nauseous feeling you possibly have in your stomach after thinking about this mutilation is the source the works radiate out from, probing this physical repulsive reflex.

By elongating the weapon’s technique spirals are formed using 2 pence coins and razorblades alternatively until a value of £5, £10 or £20 is hit. The fineness of the blades makes them almost imperceptible form the side, giving great variations to the sculpture from different angles. The full series consists of seven sculptures adding up to a value of £100. These sharp economical waveforms lie on sickbeds for pedestals, as if they are also there from ill health.

Hanging gauzes divide the sick spirals, some doubled-over producing a moire effect. Used simultaneously as image, background and divider, to give the feeling of privacy to the viewing of sculptures. Working with connections between physical characteristics, sensual inputs and cerebral perception; such as in ‘unnamable’ the curtains are dyed brown and purple using, the antiseptic, iodine, not only to dye the fabrics but also for the smell of the chemical infused into the fabric which can provoke immediate nausea. Using textures and materials that relate to the viewer’s sense of touch, sight and smell to give a bodily experience through sculpture, a corporeality and connectivity is established symbolically and sensitively with the (literal) chemistry of the objects.

£20 & 999 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

225 x 30 x 115cm

 

£20 & 999 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

225 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 999 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

225 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 999 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

225 x 30 x 115cm

 

£20 & 998 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

120 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

120 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

120 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

120 x 30 x 115cm

£15 & 747 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

70 x 30 x 115cm

£15 & 747 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

70 x 30 x 115cm

£15 & 747 razorblades

2018

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

70 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 45 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 45 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 45 x 115cm

£20 & 998 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 45 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades

2017

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

£5 & 249 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

70 x 30 x 115 cm

£5 & 249 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

70 x 30 x 115 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

£5 & 249 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

70 x 30 x 115 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

£5 & 249 razorblades

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton

70 x 30 x 115 cm

Unnamabe

2020

lodine and cotton gauze

150 x 300 cm

 

£10 & 499 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm

£10 & 499 razorblades (reverse)

2019

Two pence coins, razor blades, stainless steel and cotton.

120 x 30 x 115cm