ru·di·men·ta·ry /ro͞odəˈment(ə)rē/
Adjective:
Involving or limited to basic principles.
Immature, undeveloped or basic.
Art-making, for me, comes and goes in cycles, with intermediate periods of exploration, experimentation, uncertainty. I find a basic motif and repeat it, modify it, using the repetition to hone my ideas and resolve technical issues.
The artwork on display comes from one of these between-periods, where the ideas are germinating but the final results remain unknown. The samples are “rudimentary” in the most positive sense of the word — simple building blocks full of potential for constructing something mature, developed, complex.
Drawing on a long fascination with alchemy and curiosity about my quilt-making ancestors, the pieces use copper — considered the feminine element by alchemists — to recreate a handicraft traditionally made by women. The copper remains un-fixed so the tarnishing reaction will continue changing the artwork over time, making it seem alive. Each quilt block is unique, one of thousands that could be repeated and combined to make a larger pattern.
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