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# Project Description 'Shores of my own' Eve Erickson Summary Final work Fuelled by my interest in testing materials, I work with a range of mediums and processes. Informed most by my figurative and illustrative interests, interpreting the body captures my attention most. In our increasingly pressing crisis of environment, it is necessary to establish a relationship to environment. Through my envisioning of this watery body I hope to achieve a presentation of androgyny that is accessible and interconnective Fuelled by my interest in testing materials, I work with a range of mediums and processes. Inform... College Central Saint Martins Course BA (Hons) Fine Art Graduation year 2025 Water is deeply representative of my relationship to androgyny. The watery body is one that is unfixed, with undefined borders, ever-changing and adaptable. Informed by my research into ‘hydro-feminist’ re-envisionings of the body I use figurations and materiality to stage an encounter with viewers, banding painting, illustration and sculpture. Bodying forth the possibility of an alternate way of being. This work investigates a theme of water and interconnectivity in relation to the body. Exploring a symbiosis of nature with the individual. Final work Shores of my own As the edges of the figure delve into watery depths, it is up to speculation where the body ends and begins. sublimating with environment, the swimmer slinks through its environment perhaps drawing deeper and deeper into its illusive depths. The sculpture contains an ocean scent, from a seaweed perfume of my own making, to further immerse viewers in its watery world. Could the whole room be an ocean? Could your body's peripheries be just as malleable as a shoreline. Close up of sculpture Details of fish installed alongside sculpture Sculpture before paint Research and process Maquette version of installation Pressed seaweed To create the olfactory element of this work I worked a great deal with seaweed, extracting a smell from it and pressing it to display alongside the sculpture. Seaweed's instrumental role in generating ecosystems and protection of shorelines afforded itself as fascinating natural material with which to tie my work more readily to the ocean. Share this project Water is deeply representative of my relationship to androgyny. The watery body is one that is unfixed, with undefined borders, ever-changing and adaptable. Informed by my research into ‘hydro-feminist’ re-envisionings... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard
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