Nin (2008-2012)
For Nin, poor Nin. For Nin neither.
So much for you to hear and fear, that owl hoot and dog bark is not for you. Come out from under your wing soft down. You are needed.
Collecting
Things on the windowsill,
amongst books,
on the mantelpiece,
in a jewellery box,
on the desk,
in a wide flat bowl,
in a glass cabinet,
hanging in the studio.
Flint nodule creature
Coral mounted on marble
Old carved Brazil nut fruit(8 Brazil nut seeds inside)
Polished lapis lazuli
Sand paperweight
Shiva Lingam (stone) from India
Ship in a Chanel bottle
Victorian sawfish bill
Bronze female torso
A pair of painted lead giraffes
Syro-Hittite tomb bull
Tin mechanised fish swallowing fish
Fossilised megladon tooth
Fossilised sea anemone
Fossilised conch seashell
Vine knot
Fossilised sea urchin from Morocco
1920s porcelain mermaid
Carved hare on burr
Crystal Palace paperweight
Large ammonite
Papier maché birds from India, 1880
Nautilus shell found on beach in Oman
Japanese Meiji bookweight in the shape of a dragon
Royal Crown Derby golden octopus
Swirled glass paperweight
Meteor-struck moonlike paperweight
Horseshoe crab shell
Victorian wooden spinning top
Driftwood from Andalucia
Desert rose from Andalucia, Spain
Old wood burr for veneering (olive)
French cast iron cacao shell trinket box from Paris
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The dogs in south London are running. One of the big ones slows down as it passes me and I step back as its nose swerves into my crotch, waving my arms as though that would make any difference. If it were really hungry it would just eat me but I get a face full of hot meaty air and it’s a lucky day.
Mapping an itinerant island (2009)
Collaboration between Sarah Gillett and Amy Lay-Pettifer exploring the inhabitants and topography of Northland.
Blueprints (2015)
A series of cyanotypes based on technical drawings from a Victorian illustrated encyclopedia.