Alannah Dessauvages
Designer/maker working with ceramics and embroidery, inspired by plants and the natural world.
MIXED MEDIUMS
Working with a variety of manipulated mediums is a creative process I have really become passionate about .
This became apparent at the end of my UAL Level 3 Art & Design diploma studies ,as I developed my FMP "Nostalgique".
During my art foundation year 2020/2021 despite covid & lockdowns I have continued to explored a variety of mediums.
All processes are self taught through research & experiments.
I hope to be able to explore ceramics, metal work, glasswork & other organic or chemical based mediums in the future, in a structured well equipped environment .
"Hope in our Hands” - FMP - 2021
Final piece UAL Art Foundation
W 82cm x H 33cm x D 30cm (approx)
Stone cast, Resin, Resin pigments, Polymer Clay, Cement, Jesmonite.
Using the narrative of hands through manipulated mediums to create a symbolic context that was influenced by communication, feelings, emotions & touch. All elements of my personal life & our lives that have been impacted so much this year (2020/2021) living through the Covid pandemic.
The english language became my unexpected source inspiration for my context notably idioms & expressions .
I expressed words & actions through sign language & hand gestures in a variety of casting mediums in colours that hold symbolic meanings to emotions & the planet we live on to create a cast hand sculpture representing the notion ‘Hope in Our Hands”.
Development work towards FMP 2021
Epoxy Resin, Concrete , Stone-cast Plaster, Resin Pigment, Wax, Jesomite, Terrazzo, Bread, Photography, Digital Art, Aliginate, Siliocone.
This body of work is all developmental experiment work towards my Art Foundation FMP 2021 .It was all realised during 2020/2021 lockdown with very limited resources.
Fusion - Experimental Work - 2020/2021
Epoxy Resin, Concrete , Stone-cast Plaster, Embroidery, Polymer Clay & Resin Pigment.
This body of work is all developmental experiment work towards my Art Foundation FMP 2021 .It was all realised during 2020/2021 lockdown with very limited resources.
"Nostalgique" - FMP -2020
FMP UAL Level 3 Art & Design year 2.
113cmx76.5cm resin/paper, embroidery on cotton fabricwooden support
The brief to devise a narrative & respond in a creative way.
My narrative was "How do my life experiences influence the way I see art?'
The context & response - as I started my FMP I was greatly inspired by very specific life experiences particularly travel. I travelled to New Zealand & Tahiti in February 2020 which fuelled this notion.
In March 2020 Covid struck, I became nostalgic & thought a lot about my memories .
The outcome is a personal reflection interpreted through a range of mediums I had during the lockdown period.
Ephemera inspired a collage effect , memorabilia in the form of paper train tickets , a link to travel , embroidered icons on tickets encapsulating my personal memories, contrasting with embroidered textile representing the flora symbols of each country I had visited , fixed to a recuperated wooden board.
