Faerie busts, 1, 2 & 3
2023

 

46 x 43 x 24 cm each

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Glazed earthenware and mixed media (1)

Terracotta and mixed media (2&3)

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Busts inspired by Renaissance terracottas. These contemporary women wear Aran sweaters and have jewellery with good luch charms.

"...these faes seem ‘earthed’ to their world through soft yarns of wool; the
luminescence and texture of skin, its sheen and warmth; the ripples of hair; the gold of jewellery.
These evoke the materialities of traditional ballad language – the shining rings, bells, mantles,
cups, and jewels exchanged between fairy lovers, sisters, daughters, mothers." Sarah Dunnigan

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