by Kat Flint
Linocut
h: 42 w: 42 d: 1 (cms).
Inspired in equal parts by expert female sheep shearers, my mother's amazing Arran knitting skills and the experience of brushing my smallest daughter’s tangly hair in the mornings… (it’s hard to say which is the more challenging task, or more likely to get you kicked!). This piece forms part of a strand of my work exploring rural ways of life, including once-common skills that are becoming increasingly rare. I’ve focussed in on the textures and tensions of the act of shearing as a contrast to the zen-like act of knitting, with a nod to the journey the wool goes through before it becomes the complex scarf worn by the shearer. Because this piece was also heavily inspired by my own experiences being a mother to small children, the arms in the print are my own - gnarlier than I’d like these days with badly bitten fingernails, but strong from use and good at their job.
£370 (As exhibited.)
£270
(Unframed print.)
£370
(Framed print.)
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