Esme Curtis-Lundberg
My practice examines the traces of being and doing and is anchored in how materials accumulate residues of our interactions with the physical world. In particular, I examine how textiles collect ephemeral and visceral residues through their permeable fibres. Working in print, cloth and installation, my work responds to an interest in how toil and craft link people to place through the processing of local materials, from wood and stone, to clay, flax, rush and wool. Region specific practices root our hands to materials in a lineal connection to local surroundings. Within a digital age, reconnecting with the physicality of making, offers an antidote to consumerist culture and by exploring these areas, my work presents and re-values some of what has been lost from our rich haptic history.
Previous work has explored the fishing industry of East Anglia where I grew up, agricultural work across Europe through sourced workwear shirts and I am currently undertaking a project through the Edinburgh Printmakers Jerwood Residencies using quilt making and etching to explore the local heritage crafts of flax processing and basketry in Scotland.
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