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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.

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Below are images of each work followed by details and research drawings undertaken at

the Museum of London and the Royal College of Physicians.

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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

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Distemper impregnated, soak-stain and

hand dyed textiles, wax and wire

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C Ingham Haptic [of or relating to the s
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Portal, 2020

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143 cm x 49 cm x 43 cm

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Soak-stain and hand dyed textiles,

wax and wire

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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
p8 and p27 Fissure (formally Happenstanc

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

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Husk, 2020 

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Husk, 2020 detail

Husk, 2020 Film showing detail

Schism

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C Ingham Schism [division or disunion],
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Schism, 2020 detail

Schism, 2020 Film showing detail

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Schism, 2020 detail

Portal

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Portal, 2020

Portal, 2020 Film showing detail

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Portal, 2020 light detail

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Portal, 2020 detail 

Fissure

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p8 and p27 Fissure (formally Happenstanc

Fissure, 2020 Film showing detail

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Fissure, 2020  detail, activated with internal lighting

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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

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Ribs affected by Multiple Myeloma,

Observational drawing, March 2020

Department of Human Osteology,

Museum of London

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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

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Inside drawing IV, 2020

70 cm x 100 cm  Aquacryl, ink, graphite stick

pencil, wax and collage on paper

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