“As you are tightening the spiral you must take care. If you tighten it too much you risk breaking it. It is the same with sewing” 1
Sensitivity to space, taking care of objects the way I would myself.
My mother stands in the kitchen, leaning against the sink
lingering in my mind.
I am in an eternal process of trying to understand who I am.
In proximity to
her.
- Paulo Herkenhoff, “Louise Bourgeois, Paulo Herkenhoff: in conversation May-August 2001, New York”, Pressplay : Contemporary Artists in Conversation. 2005. London ; New York : Phaidon, 2005, pg 56.
Images
Camille Thomas, Detail: ‘the act of lending a shoulder’, 2018, text embroidered and beeswax cast of my pearl earring on linen. Documentation by Jacqui Shelton
Camille Thomas, Untitled (wax cast), 2018, photographic transfer in beeswax. Documentation by Jacqui Shelton.
Untitled, 2018, linen, rosary charm, hair, thread, silver gelatine photos, digital print on cartridge paper, masking tape, fine liner, archival pins. Documentation by Jacqui Shelton