Encased in clear cubes and crushed behind acrylic panels, the intense flowers and inexperienced stems of Ant Hamlyn (beforehand) are preserved in perpetuity. The polyurethane-coated materials, which she hand-stitches after which stuffs, style a caricatured imaginative and prescient of our predilection for attempting to capitalize on and protect lovely issues.
Typically specializing in shiny botanicals and fungi, Hamlyn's playful sculptures crush material flowers into containers secured with winged nuts or locked with tender padlocks. The captive flowers, leaves and terracotta pots appear barely contained however with no technique of escape.
“Vase four” (2024), hand-stitched and hand-processed polyurethane-coated materials, stuffing, laser-cut acrylic, cnc-directed plywood, gloss paint and fasteners, 55 x 40 x 10 centimeters
Two ongoing sequence, VASES and toy backyard, study the connection between exhausting and tender, artificial and natural, and fragility and play. Clustered throughout the enclosures, the flowers look extremely uncomfortable, whereas additionally exuding brightness and cheerfulness.
Discover extra of the artist's work on his web site and Instagram.
Choice from the sequence The toy backyard“Vase 2” (2024), polyurethane coated materials, stitched and hand processed, stuffing, laser lower acrylic, cnc directed plywood, gloss paint and fasteners, 55 x 40 x 10 centimeters“Vase 6” (2024), polyurethane coated materials, sewn and hand processed, stuffing, laser lower acrylic, cnc directed plywood, gloss paint and fasteners, 55 x 40 x 10 centimeters“Vase three” (2024), hand sewn and processed polyurethane coated materials, stuffing, laser lower acrylic, cnc milled plywood, gloss paint and fasteners, 55 x 40 x 10 centimeters“Toy Backyard 5” (2024), hand-stitched and hand-processed polyurethane-coated materials, stuffing, sealed acrylic show case and stainless-steel, 20 x 20 x 20 centimetersElement of “Vase 6”
