PRESENTINGFor All That You Have Taught Me (2024)
A Solo Exhibition in Collaboration with
“Crafting the stories of our human experience through the medium of textile”
THE SERIESA bespoke series of five large scale hand crafted and original textile artworks: celebrating milestones and representing influential relationships that shape our lives.
Another stepping stone on the journey of self-reflection and human observation. Nikki’s process on larger canvas has been an opportunity to examine scale and detail, which builds upon her debut series, Foremost Fragments (2021).
Marking the start of her 40th year, For All That You Have Taught Me (2024) visually narrates the emotional intricacies of our journeys as humans as we approach milestones in our life; focusing particularly on those people in our lives that physically and metaphorically shape us.
“Marking the start of her 40th year, For All That You Have Taught Me (2024) visually narrates the emotional intricacies of our journeys as humans across 4 decades…”
THE WORKSPresented are five visual stories, representing five influential relationships.
The mother, the aunt, the friend, the spouse and the child; each work explores how our deepest human connections and kinship create the foundation of our complex lives.
“It is human nature to search for narrative in all things. Narrative formation occurs in the mind, yet requires a bodily and physical experience to be initiated.”
— Nikki Heaton
FORM AS NARRATIVEExploring fundamental values of kinship; through six visual and interlinking sections.
Compassion, integrity, respect, kindness, courage and love. Each work explores these six tenets in 6 visual sections - juxtaposing in complex minimal harmony.
Each section combines in unique visual formation for each piece; representing the complex and individualised nature of our closest relationships: illustrating that whilst we require foundational values to function successfully, no two relationships are ever the same.
THE DETAILSColour
An introspective exploration of grounded earth pigments in bespoke handmade ink and lake pigments.
Chromatic natural ink mix to form a broad depth of textured patina: Pooling, layering, watermarks and creasing creative individualised formations on cotton canvas.
THE DETAILSTexture
Stitched edges and salvaged wool boundaries hem deep chromatic stories.
“Presented are five visual stories, representing five influential relationships. Each work explores six physical and visual sections, defining the unique and individualised values we place within each relationship .”
[THE MOTHER] FOR ALL THAT YOU TAUGHT ME (2024)A gentle nuance of desaturated sage green, dark taupe and beige - in a mid smoked oak frame: 140cm x 70cm.
£2,800
[THE AUNT] ALWAYS HOLDING MY HAND (2024)Deep sable with brick and beige overtones - in a mid smoked oak frame: 110cm x 80cm.
£2,800
[THE SPOUSE] EVERYTHING I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED (2024)A rich nuance of deep and light ochre - in a mid smoked oak frame: 110cm x 80cm.
£2,800
[THE FRIEND] DANCING THROUGH THIS LIFE WITH YOU (2024)Deep cacao with light brick - in a mid smoked oak frame: 110cm x 80cm.
£2,800
[THE CHILD] THE DAY I CHANGED FOREVER (2024)Soft oat and milked chocolate - in a mid smoked oak frame: 110cm x 80cm.
£2,800
Anna Kora Bartyzel
FRAMING IN COLLABORATION WITH
A beautiful meeting of hearts and minds. Sustainable hardwood framing, expertly measured mounted and crafted and by Anna, in sustainable oak. Made with a precision and accuracy that creates the perfect amount of tension between the organic and the industrial.
THE END
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