Still in 2013 is this work 'Blood on Silk: Turn to, turn away' found materials, wire and paint 240 x 300 x 360cm Installed on Banka Sokaği, Beyyoğlu, Istanbul and slung high between two buildings, the fifteen panels in Blood on Silk: Turn to, turn away spin displaying an enchanting readiness to trade, yet also [...]
The director/ curator of Kandos Projects, Anne Finnegan wrote of this installation that'This proved to be one of our more unpopular but highly successful shows in terms of the strong negative reactions the work produced. The comments of passers by were regularly peppered with expressions like “creeps me out” as people responded on a visceral [...]
rice and other papers, gold leaf, wood, paint, silk paper and cloth, 2014 and 2023 1800 x 30 x 30cm in rolled format 1800 x 10200 x 30 'The project 'Blood on Silk ' was started in 2010 with the collaboration between Fiona Davies and the physicist the Late Dr Peter Domachuk. Peter was researching [...]
My work is on the right hand side of this photograph. Fiona Davies has made many objects documenting personal and family histories and traumas. Her work ranges over multiple media including mixed media installation, video, still images, texts and games that invite the public to engage in the process of creativity and discovery of personal [...]
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/3572961-could-silk-help-solve-our-microplastics-problem/ This time from MIT, a new use for silk as a means of replacing microplastics in the encapsulation process. There's a link to a more technical article in the link.
In the SilkLab at Tufts University bioactive inks have been developed that can function as a sensor either of the body wearing a garment printed with the ink or the environmental conditions surrounding the object printed with the ink. Amazing stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=DM8JzVIN5Vo&feature=emb_logo 'The technology builds upon earlier work by the same researchers developing bioactive silk [...]
https://resilienceintimesofadversity.com/fiona-davies-coughing-up-blood-2019/ This link will take you to my work on the Resilience in times of adversity website. Curated by Vivienne Dadour the exhibition is at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre and runs until the 29th September.
Before the weaving starts and the pattern becomes complicated the strength of a simple black and white stripe carries the day.
Preliminary Ideas - white, off white and black
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