Jamieson, Renate (AUS)
A Homage to Circles
Renate was a first-time entrant in Paper on Skin™ 2024 and was the only artist to have two works selected for the final collection.
Renate’s Artist Statement reflects the inspired nature of her practice and the feeling of community it engenders, even if like-minded artists are working many miles from each other.
“After a lifetime of predominantly and intuitively creating art with circles, it was transformative to discover at the age of 60 that circles have meanings.
It was astonishing to read that a love and appreciation for circles was much more than finding them aesthetically pleasing.
Discovering their profound and deeper meaning led to a lightbulb moment and A Homage to Circles was created to celebrate a newfound consciousness of their higher order and to express the wonderful attributes circles convey.
The skirt denotes grace and timelessness of circles whilst stacked and overlapping rondelles symbolise the interconnectedness of circular social concepts.
The silhouette of the ensemble represents the gentility, calmness and completeness that circles can evoke.
Within the space of the wearable art community there is a circle of friendship where infinite creativity and passion thrive and are onwardly shared, in my view, those powerful energies help the world go round.”
The work took approximately 600 hours to complete.
Materials:
Approximately 30 metres of standard brown wrapping paper.
- approximately 500 mils of almond oil (for momigami).
- 2 packs of black serviettes & 2 packs of white serviettes were used.
- old makeup palettes from when my children danced competitively 30 + years ago were used (who said hoarding is a bad thing)?
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Photos Credit: Grant Wells Photo