Odette and Seher
Private View: Monday 12th November 2018 (6pm - 8pm)
Exhibition runs: Tuesday 13th - Sunday 18th November 2018, Open daily: 10am - 4pm
Since graduating from Bath Spa University with a degree in Textiles for Fashion and Interiors, Odette Smaldon has been translating existing techniques into a range of jewellery as well as lighting. These new developments will be on show at 44AD artspace in a collaborative exhibition with fine artist Seher Martin and curated by third year fine art student Zachary Young.
Odette Smaldon
Odette Smaldon is a designer maker specialising in constructed textiles. Using a combination of traditional and contemporary techniques; she uses drawing/collage, knitting, macramé, crochet and laser cutting to create innovative and engaging textile pieces for fashion and interior environments. Odette is greatly inspired by a passion for making and craftsmanship. Designing through making; sampling and experimenting is an integral part of Odette’s design process. The initial drawings and imagery are intensely developed through sampling of techniques and material combination. This way of working encourages continual learning, development in skills and considered outcomes.
Odette utilises found materials alongside laser cut acrylic shapes (informed by her chosen subject matter) which are manipulated and repeated to create intriguing textile surfaces, lighting and jewellery with both soft and structured properties. The textiles hold playful and interactive qualities, highlighted by the transparent and light reflecting components alongside solid bright and bold colours.
Seher Martin
Seher Martin is a fine artist originally from Istanbul. She is now in her final year of her BA Fine Art degree at Bath Spa University, and hopes to go on to study a master’s in London. Having a background in History of Arts and Archaeology, her work is charged in between past – present - future.
Predominantly using concrete, plaster, glass, found, and industrial materials, Seher’s work brings to attention the very essence of the material. Curious to express ideas with such mediums, her practice operates around combining techniques and materials and in some cases the manipulation of them - through a range of processes such as casting, industrial methods and improvisation. While exploring the very ‘being-ness’ of the material and its potential rather than the literal; work purifies the complexities of the process and emphasises its transformation to a new, playful language.