Mission Statement
Roselyn Cleary
22nd October 2012
Currently I am working on a personal exploration
of memory. Through my work I aim to create a sense of character/personality,
subject matter and location through the
use of imagery, prints, objects and
digital media.
In essence my work is based on my Father
and is almost a documentation, creating a lasting reminder. I hope for the observer to be able to
associate facets of their past with my work, thereby conjuring up a unique experience
for everyone.
Through the use of digital and analogue
photography I have built up a solid foundation of imagery from the workshop,
the farm and the tractor to use and build from.
Using my Fathers wood turning chisels I
have made casts using liquid resin- isolating them from their functional
context. I also experimented with mono
screen printing images of these tools and photographing them out of situ from
different angles, almost obscuring them.
I am currently making a collection of
‘chisel handles’ on the lathe which have been turned using the given tools.
I am editing a video which I shot on
location depicting my Father being interviewed and him passing on his skills to
me, his daughter. It is the recording of
a memory.
The development of my drawing skills is
based on a collection of pen and ink drawings based on my photographic imagery.
Some of these I have printed as digital images.
I plan to create an artist book using my
photographic imagery, drawings and text.
Research and contextual study play a
massive part in my work. Artists who inspire me include Jim Dine, Alice Maher,
Amelia Stein, Patrick Fitzpatrick and William Kentridge.
