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Mind The Gap…solo exhibition 2009

November 20, 2009 at 9:29 pm (Artwork 2009, exhibitions)

MIND THE GAP!

New works by Jane Geore

When our dreams and reality part company how does hope prevail? Getting lost in the gap between the real and the imagined, how can new dreams form? This work makes a personal exploration through the heart aching journeys that life presents. It explores grief, loss, chaos, love and hope, arriving eventually at a brave new world. Where is your gap and what magic still exists within your own darkest dread?

In October 2008 my family’s life changed forever when we received the shock news that my eldest daughter has an incredibly rare genetic syndrome called Smith Magenis Syndrome. I can only equate it to a bomb going off within our home! This exhibition charts the journey of these first 12 months since diagnosis.

It began as a search to find some peace within lost dreams and shattered hearts but ultimately it has brought me to a place of hope, new dreams and a clearer realisation of the true power of love.

Along the way I have been compelled to question my controlling spirit that so expected my dreamed of life to become my reality. How sure I was that those dreams would hold fast and my path would be unswerving! With eyes now opened, I have a continued realisation that we all receive some form of separation from our dreams, we all have to deal with a gap, no matter what that may be!

My new place of being is now built on a much firmer understanding of what really matters in life. Above all else it has been love that has pulled me through some terrible times. My beautiful Tilly held onto my heart when all else crumbled around. Held together by a single thread of love we have found each other again within the darkness and we are reinventing a bright new normal together! Love is our song to sing on good days and our rock to cling to on tough days.

This exhibition is dedicated to Tilly, who is the magic and light in all our lives. I would take on SMS a million times over for my angel who remains always our inspiration, joy and sunshine. Secondly I would like to dedicate this work to my wonderful and eternally missed Dad, whose voice this year has returned to my heart many times, pulling me through the bleakest moments. And finally to my family and friends who have carried me when I fell and Poppy and Joe for daily blessings, laughter and spare calm for me to borrow!

The Battle of Bacteria. Schools Commission 2008

August 7, 2008 at 1:33 pm (Commissioned Work 2008, Uncategorized)

May through to June 2008 saw me taking part in a large commission with schools in Dudley. Based around the theme, ‘The Battle of Bacteria’ the project aimed to find cross curricular links with science and the arts.

My own work for this project focused on teaching the students mixed media paper making techniques with an emphasis on how to add elements into and onto the paper. I also explored plastic fusion with the students and we created drawings using pattern development ideas. These varying elements were then combined to create 9 large scale mixed media pieces for the final exhibition. The science link saw us exploring ways in which hospitals are trying to win the battle against the superbug and the modern day obsession with hand-washing.

On the Scientists Shelf. produced with year 8

The large scale paper panels depict scientists reasearch notes and charts. Pattern development drawings along the shelf represent the bacteria.

Contamination. created with year 5

Students worked in small groups to explore adding elements to paper pulp. This slow contamination of the pulp was used to create paper banners that got progressively more contaminated along their length. These hang in the front of the piece. The back panel shows a sheets of white plastic slowly becoming contaminated with colour. The students all created a colourful bacteria on a white background using plastic fusion. These were then all combined to produce this highly textured backdrop for the paper banners.

As a final element the students added their pattern development drawings, now printed onti acetate circles, depicting bacteria in petri dishes. However in some of these circles they have added text to show what they would like to protect in this world of the superbug. Silver squares surround these text circles as a representation of protection.

: Contamination.

Understanding The Enemy. created with Year 5 pupils.

A piece in which students created windows into paper in which they created their own bacteria. These windows were then surrounded with pattern development work and set underneath perspex circles to represent bacteria in petri dishes. Each student also added their own fictional research notes about their bacteria.