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LOUISA CHASE
Artist
Spending time in the places where brambles grow during late summer and Autumn led to this series of fugitive, compostable works.
The blackberries were gathered respectfully following traditional methods of communicating with the plants prior to taking anything.
Made using full-body movements and painting directly with my hands.
The Beginning
Photographic reference image.
Transience
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken just after making - September 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken just after making - September 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Transience (after 1 month)
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken one month after making - October 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken one month after making - October 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Transience (after two months)
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken 2 months after making - November 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
70 x 50cm
Celebrating the seasonal, the fugitive, the transient and ephemeral.
Photo taken 2 months after making - November 2022. Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
From the Edges of the Ragged Field
Blackberries on paper.
Made with the torn-off waste edge strips from "The Ragged Field". Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Inspired by observing the growth patterns of brambles.
Made with the torn-off waste edge strips from "The Ragged Field". Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Inspired by observing the growth patterns of brambles.
Chaos and Order (detail)
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Chaos and Order
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
140 x 120 cm.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
140 x 120 cm.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
The Ragged Field
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
96 x 140cm
The Ragged Field is the name that suggested itself in relation to a wild place I visit that sits between the Lincoln Edge and West Common.
The blackberries were gathered from this ragged field.
The marks reflect the psychic and historical layers felt in outer and inner landscapes when wandering this field.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
96 x 140cm
The Ragged Field is the name that suggested itself in relation to a wild place I visit that sits between the Lincoln Edge and West Common.
The blackberries were gathered from this ragged field.
The marks reflect the psychic and historical layers felt in outer and inner landscapes when wandering this field.
Compostable, biodegradable, fugitive.
Corpuscular
Blackberries applied with hands on Fabriano paper.
50 x 70 cm
Blackberries are rich in flavonoids and anthrocyanins and are valuable as a medicine for the heart, as well as being rich in vitamin C.
50 x 70 cm
Blackberries are rich in flavonoids and anthrocyanins and are valuable as a medicine for the heart, as well as being rich in vitamin C.
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