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In her residency, Ephemeral Ooze, Daisy will explore the production and application of biomaterials in a visual arts practice. Daisy will experiment with processes such as alginate yarn production and weaving, potato/gelatine plastic sewing, carving and moulding, printing with moss and bio-inks, and natural fabric dyeing. These will create an ecosystem of Ephemeral Ooze, which she invites you to experience and explore.
By using biomaterials, Daisy is working to be more sustainable with her artistic practice. She also uses them to explore the sensorial and temporal experience of existing as a human body on our planet and our interaction with nature. Daisy’s work explores how biomaterials tend to be very visceral (such as the gooey algae yarn strands), but also temporary (as these materials can easily biodegrade). She shows how these can represent the cyclical nature of human bodies and the environment around us. By applying these unruly materials through the regimented process of, for example, weaving, Daisy explores the control and relationship people have with these organic worlds.
About the Artist
Photograph of artist Daisy Dickens (© Daisy Dickens)
Daisy Dickens is an artist mostly working in textiles and ceramics and exploring the ecosystem of biomaterials, to explore themes such as decay, nature, the body, sensation and materiality. Daisy graduated from the University of Reading in 2023 with a joint BA Honours in Art and Psychology, and now is based in South East London, with a shared ceramic studio space in Deptford.
Daisy works for the Paul Mellon Centre, a research centre and educational charity for the study of British Art, in the operations team, and continues her artistic practice outside of this. She has experience in teaching workshops catered to both young people and adults, and has held a residency position in Reading College, working in the ceramics and printmaking studios from 2021-23. Daisy has shown work and curated art exhibitions in Reading, Oxford and London, from 2021 onwards.
For a full artist’s CV, please see her website, daisydickens.com.