Polly Pollock
Artist Statement
Coiled basketry and stitched textile techniques come together in my work exploring homemaking, nurture, damage, protection and repair.
I work with fine paper yarns dyed using gentle eco-dyes from vegetable peelings and tea leaves, creating soft colour palettes while avoiding contributing to mounting waste levels.
"Nests," evolved from sabbaticals in Amsterdam, are rounded basketry forms with subtle changes in colour and texture. Like weaver bird families, these intimate, protective forms relate to each other yet stand independently.
Recent 'Nests' are densely layered, including knotted strands referencing Quipus (ancient Andean accounting devices), representing holding onto positive moments within complex family relationships. These knots also suggest lichen textures on twigs birds collect.
"Once in a While" evolves from thinking about damage and repair, using leftover yarns from 'Nests.' Each small piece explores weave, stitch and tensions within defined spaces. Irregular warp structures and fragmented weaving suggest wounds but also darning and repair, symbolising fragile internal functionings of home within chaotic external worlds.
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Location
London
Member Since
2019
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