These drawings of a women’s gardening glove, were part of an exhibition at Bartleby in Berlin, Germany.
This pair of gloves were bought from a Bauhaus hardware store in Berlin.
I cut away parts of the drawings to reveal the coloured and patterned paper underneath.
This is not the first time I’ve drawn gloves.
This work featured in the Bartleby exhibition in Berlin.
The drawings are of a pair of gardening gloves, bought from a Berlin hardware store (Bauhaus). 3 different types of paper were used in it’s creation. One is patterned with Russian dolls (Matryoshka).
The title “Kid gloves” is a reference to the situation in Ukraine and Europe’s approach to Russia and it’s involvement in the conflict there and its annexation of Crimea.
A second pair of gloves were also studied to produce a third piece of work at the exhibition.
The leaf drawings are work in progress for an on-line gallery Lapieza. The plastic bag artwork is from the La Ultima Cena exhibition in Berlin, Germany.
This was a piece of work shown at the Bartleby exhibition in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin has relatively hot summers; in London Tube passengers are advised to carry a bottle of water with them, largely due to the lack of air conditioning in London’s underground system. I continued the habit of carrying a bottle of water with me in Berlin.
This artwork is both a portrait of a constant companion in a foreign land and a familiar friend from home.
The title “Eine flasche wasser, bitte.” translates from German to English as “A bottle of water, please”. One of the few phrases I learnt while in Berlin.
The work comprises of a number of drawn studies of a plastic water bottle, cut out onto cardboard. Each drawing is then fixed to the background at varying distances, to create a feeling of depth.
