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Allison Murphy

Carlisle
I am a maker and teacher who creates textural pieces using a range of techniques and processes. ​ Textiles, ceramics and metal work are the main skills I use, often to depict change.

Using both ceramics and textiles I make large installation pieces, 2D relief work as well as a range of jewellery and small scale sculpture. By recycling fabrics and examining everyday objects I create organic looking pieces that contain remnants of the man made. Showing the age of the materials and by combining them with porcelain and silks I alter the way they are perceived. My work shows a collection of techniques including embroidery, shibori, scorching, stitching, braiding, dyeing, applique, construction, casting, throwing and hand building. This range allows me to add a variety of layers when combining steel, fabric and clay as well as offering instant variety in scale, texture and shape. My work explores process, tradition, change and influences.  More recently I have been interested in the idea of repetition, regeneration, destruction and reconstruction.  

 

Secrets & Traditions

Nets Project

bugs life

paper structure Nets

Hari Kuyo

press to destruct

reworked, textile land

reworked textile land

MA Show, Spheres of influence

small items

collectors wings

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