Paula Dunlop
Beaded Assemblages 1 and 2
2013
Glass beads, thread, second-hand t-shirts, calico
29cm x 40cm (framed)
Bead 'drawings' that follow the colours, shapes and designs found on second-hand garments. Corporate logos, children's characters, print designs -- all pulled out, flipped, and abstracted through chance cutting -- are reassembled onto calico and filled with lines of beading.
Exhibited at Artisan, Brisbane in 2013 as part of 'Push/Pull', an exhibition of contemporary needlework.
Foot Piece
(with Madeleine King)
2010
Graphite on Paper
35cm x 50cm (framed)
Commissioned for an exhibition at the Brisbane City Council Library, inspired by the life and work of fashion pattern-maker and publisher Enid Gilchrist, curated by Mark Neighbour.
A stencil taken from one of Gilchrist’s patterns for baby clothes is dropped repeatedly from on high and filled with the strokes of a graphite pencil.
Wearer/maker/wearer
2007-2011
Objects and garments, dimensions variable
Photographs by Paula Dunlop, Damian Dunlop, and the participants
Exhibition view, Wearer/maker/wearer
2009
QUT Art Museum, Brisbane