Perceptual Shift
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Perceptual Shift is a series of three works, Husk, Schism and Portal completed during Unit 3. These have been
put together with Fissure, a work completed in Unit 2 but that now has a reimagined more sculptural form, something
that developed out of my Unit 3 studio practice. All these works explore our relationship with our bodies at
times of ‘bodily doubt’ and vulnerability. The aim of my work is to engender ideas through sensation, perceptions about
what it is to be human, and to live in a mortal body in a precarious world.
Below are images of each work followed by details and research drawings undertaken at
the Museum of London and the Royal College of Physicians.
Alongside the works Perceptual Shift and connected to my personal practiceI have realised a collective artwork
during Unit 3, Lockdown, 2020 link. The work is the result of an idea developed earlier this year when
everybody's lives were severely restricted by the global pandemic.
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Husk, 2020
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47 cm x 54 cm x 47 cm
Distemper impregnated, soak-stain and
hand dyed textiles, wax and wire



Portal, 2020
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143 cm x 49 cm x 43 cm
Soak-stain and hand dyed textiles,
wax and wire
Schism, 2020
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192 cm x 60 cm x 59 cm
Distemper impregnated, soak-stain
and hand dyed
textiles, wax and wire
![C Ingham Schism [division or disunion] 2](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e436fa_a81514e91b724f23b5a9408557738cbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_207,h_673,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/C%20Ingham%20Schism%20%5Bdivision%20or%20disunion%5D%202.jpg)

Fissure, 2020
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178 cm x 48 cm x 31 cm
Soak-stain and hand dyed
textiles, wax and wire
Details of works
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The works are brought together into sculptural forms using ‘free sewing’; a techniques I have developed that enables
me to incorporate strips of textile, string and latex into the stitched line as I am making it, this mimics the
gestural mark-making that characterises my drawing and painting. Light is used to activate the translucent properties of
the wax and sheer textiles, adding to a sense of the corporeal.
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Husk

Husk, 2020

Husk, 2020 detail
Husk, 2020 Film showing detail
Schism
![C Ingham Schism [division or disunion],](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e436fa_c51b764333414bf0bafd428a5fd4a228~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_436,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/C%20Ingham%20Schism%20%5Bdivision%20or%20disunion%5D%2C%20.jpg)

Schism, 2020 detail
Schism, 2020 Film showing detail

Schism, 2020 detail
Portal

Portal, 2020
Portal, 2020 Film showing detail

Portal, 2020 light detail

Portal, 2020 detail
Fissure

Fissure, 2020 Film showing detail

Fissure, 2020 detail, activated with internal lighting

Fissure, 2020 detail
Research Observational Drawings
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With an abiding interest in the history of science and specifically discoveries about the workings of the body I often
use historic medical collections as a primary research material link. I assimilate the imagery I discover
in these collections through observational drawing. Doing this often gives me a deep sense of connection with
the people whose remains I am drawing, the vast majority of whom are anonymous.
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Anatomy table, detail
Observational drawing, February 2020 Royal College of Physicians

Ribs affected by Multiple Myeloma,
Observational drawing, March 2020
Department of Human Osteology,
Museum of London

Ribs affected by Multiple Myeloma,
Observational drawing, March 2020
Museum of London
Unit 2 Drawings
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The following drawings are a few examples of drawings I made during Unit 2. This was when my 2D and
3D work begun to intertwine each feeding off the other as I moved between the them.
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Inside drawing V, 2020
70 cm x 100 cm Aquacryl, ink, graphite stick,
pencil, wax and gesso on paper

Inside drawing IV, 2020
70 cm x 100 cm Aquacryl, ink, graphite stick
pencil, wax and collage on paper