Stacks Projects, Gadigal (Sydney)

25 July - 11 August 2019

Sylvie Veness & Zoë Veness

This joint exhibition provided a unique opportunity for my sister and I to explore ideas together for the first time. An affinity with intricate detail through repetitive crafting and seriality features strongly in our work as well as ideas relating to the grid.

Sylvie draws from her background in printmaking and textiles to create works on paper that incorporate etching, drawing, painting, perforations and stitch-work. Her series of postcard-sized works for Affinity are made from rice paper she collected in Japan during visits in 2018 and 2019.

We created a series of metal brooches imprinted with fine muslin cloth and embellished by french knots. Enhancing a sense of movement and vitality is the distorted grid of the muslin’s open weave.

Providing a counterpoint to wall mounted works, the use of two trestle tables conveyed the studio setting and site of processual making and experimentation. Along with the series of Affinity brooches made with Sylvie, I presented initial ideas for vessels that I have continued to explore in the Wayfaring project (2019-2020).

Installation photos by Document Photography.