5 Things | Sarah Rose
As we all continue to adapt and adopt new ways of living and working from home, we have invited our cohort 2 Resident artists to share 5 Things that are keeping them busy, or keeping them going during lockdown.
This week:
Sarah Rose
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Plastics / 'I have been interested in working with materials that can be reformed into something else. Over the past six months have been experimenting a lot with plastics, having fun trying out different colours, moulding and melting techniques.
[pictured is a close up of a marbled orange-red, black and green plastic sheet held to the light]'
[pictured is a close up of a marbled orange-red, black and green plastic sheet held to the light]'
Experiments / 'While I have been remoulding plastics, I have been thinking of the material as a ‘living fossil’. I have a small sample cnc’d aluminium mould made from a 3D scan of some tree bark that I am testing.
[pictured is 15cm x 15cm machined aluminium square with a rough texture]'
[pictured is 15cm x 15cm machined aluminium square with a rough texture]'
The Swimming Reindeer / 'This is one of my most favourite sculptures, a 13,000-year-old ice age sculpture. I have been reflecting on the significance of the artist depicting these animals as a three dimensional object, in movement crossing water, and with reference to a season (Autumn).
[pictured is an image showing a small sculpture of two reindeers carved out a mammoth tusk, one following the other, legs outstretched.]'
[pictured is an image showing a small sculpture of two reindeers carved out a mammoth tusk, one following the other, legs outstretched.]'
Spaces for bats, bees, insects, birds, butterflies, and humans / 'At the moment artist Scott Rogers and I are researching and planning the planting of a space that will be near our Glasgow studio space. We are choosing plant species that pollinators like based on colour and fragrance, whilst also creating space for people to be together outside this summer.
[pictured is a Nottingham Catchfly, a pinkish-white wildflower with hairy leaves and deep burgundy stamens]'
[pictured is a Nottingham Catchfly, a pinkish-white wildflower with hairy leaves and deep burgundy stamens]'
Music / 'Music has been a company when we can’t physically share space with people. Its importance to me over the last few months has led me to start a new sound work. I am slowly working on a collaborative composition for an organ and voice.
[pictured is the sleeve of Ana Roxanne’s album Because of a Flower. The cover is black text on a white cover sleeve]'
[pictured is the sleeve of Ana Roxanne’s album Because of a Flower. The cover is black text on a white cover sleeve]'
All images courtesy the artist.