Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith is an artist and sculptor from New Jersey. I have included her in my blog for no other reason than I really liked her work after taking a book from the library. She is said to be a feminist artist which is quite obvious when you look at her works. Smith has a whole collection based on the battery of women and the way in which male artists portray the female form.
Although not massively interested in print I really enjoyed looking at them and try to work out the symbolism they may or may not have contained!

Rowan Mersch

Rowan Mersh is a textile based sculptor whom I came across online whilst researching sculpture and fashion. The artist explores form and fuses concepts with techniques to create sculptorally formed fashion pieces. I really respect the work as the artist uses many simple materials to create spectacular pieces from paper and cardboard and also wire and materials.
I am planning on constructing some human sized cocoon structures over the christmas break which will inform my investigation even further and also allow me to up my scale.
My main area of interest is fashion so working with the body is very important.

Zoe Bradley Fashion and Sculpture

Zoe Bradley is an Artist and sculptor who works mainly in the Fashion Industry.

She presents her sculptures in many up-market stores like Brown Thomas and Selfridges.

I really like her work as she is interested in shape and form and has also found ways of cocooning the body in sculptural structures.

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse is a really great artist to look at when considering use of materials and certain techniques used. I came across her during a Friday morning tutorial and have found her work very interesting and insightful to my project as she uses a lot of threads and rope which I enjoy working with and have incorporated into my work.


I like the sense of fragility in this piece and also the use of organic colouring and unbleached materials.

This is a very interesting piece as it links quite closely to the fact that I am looking at the spaces that inhabit certain object and space itself. The nets are fragile again and I like the way the nets are containing something like they are needed. The weight in the nets gives an interesting visual pull.