Elaine Allison


Archiving


 

 

 

A series of works exploring identity, memory and place, using found objects, labels, photographs, drawings and my family treee.

 

Archive II

 

Incubator

 

Typesetting (detail)

 

Typeface (Unique Equation)

 

Typeface (Unique Equation) (detail)

 

Archive I

 

Archive I (detail)

 

 

Towards a Self-Portrait (detail)

 

Code

 

Morag and Norrie

This piece was commissioned as a wedding present

 

Balance

Suspended over a velvet cushion are labels featuring images of family members. On the other side of the balance a quail's egg hovers above the metal spikes of a flower arranger.

 

Balance (detail)

The floor of the balance is a section of a family tree.

 

Level

 

 

Carraige Piece

 

In Transit

 

Safe Keeping II

 

Safe keeping

 

Self Portrait at Five

A little bronze, 14 centimetres tall, of me in my kilt and home knitted jumper

 

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