| | A recent trip to the V&A museum in London included a visit to Mary Butchers Studio space. Mary Butcher ia a contemporary basketmaker, she explores 3 dimensional forms using materials including barks, string, washing line wire, willow etc. The V&A invites contemporary artists to take part in a 6 month residency. Butcher told us that she is trying to walk one gallery in the V&A each week. For example during the baroque exhibition she produced swirled washing line wire towers inspired by the lavish costumes on display. The previous week she had searched for baskets in amongst the armour gallery. Butcher explained that as part of the residency she is encouraged to expand her personal development and showed us some metal swirled structures she has developed alongside an jeweller. A photographer had also visited the studio and used an old technique of Chromate photo developing - the willow objects are placed on a piece of chromate soaked paper and left in the sun to 'develop.' The solution is then washed off to fix the image - an x-ray appearance is achieved. My favourite part of the studio was Butchers 'visitor book', she is asking all visitors to write their name on a length of paper cord, then this is knotted and strung up from hooks on the wall. |
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