Mixed Media

Marginalia Chic (1)

This series is a consideration of notions of bodily containment that I am exploring throughout my work. I constantly turn to textiles as a material because of our, as humans, ongoing relationship to it. Aside from, or because of, the way we utilize... More

Mixed Media

Marginalia Chic (2)

This series is a consideration of notions of bodily containment that I am exploring throughout my work. I constantly turn to textiles as a material because of our, as humans, ongoing relationship to it. Aside from, or because of, the way we utilize... More

Mixed Media

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 1)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Mixed Media

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 2)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Mixed Media

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 3)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Mixed Media

Quite An Everyday Thing (1)

This is a series that works with the material of fabric, which is present in all of my pieces. The pencil drawings reference the consistent flattening of fabric in my work, where fabric, when not in motion, can contend with and confront both the... More

Mixed Media

Quite An Everyday Thing (2)

This is a series that works with the material of fabric, which is present in all of my pieces. The pencil drawings reference the consistent flattening of fabric in my work, where fabric, when not in motion, can contend with and confront both the... More

Mixed Media

Self Containment-Topia

This work is a speculative experiment to answer the question: can you define a life as it is being lived? The garment present does this by forming a closed loop with the body, as it connects the head, hands and feet of the wearer (the areas... More

Mixed Media

Vest Prototype 1: Grandma's Borscht

This piece is a vest with custom designed to fit the specific ingredients to make one batch of my grandmother's borscht recipe. This is the first prototype of a series in which each vest is able to contain the items necessary to complete an act.... More

Work by

Amanda Blake

Sculpture/Installation

“My practice centres around exploring feelings of stasis that occur in trying to position myself within my own history. Research and writing evolve into a series of experiments that play with a need...” [More]

Artwork Collection

All Artworks

Marginalia Chic (1)

This series is a consideration of notions of bodily containment that I am exploring throughout my work. I constantly turn to textiles as a material because of our, as humans, ongoing relationship to it. Aside from, or because of, the way we utilize... More

Marginalia Chic (2)

This series is a consideration of notions of bodily containment that I am exploring throughout my work. I constantly turn to textiles as a material because of our, as humans, ongoing relationship to it. Aside from, or because of, the way we utilize... More

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 1)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 2)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Portable Skin Patches (Garments for the Edges of Your Experience 3)

This is a series of works which is made up of wearable, or rather portable, frames containing cellophane wrapped patches that are cut to match often exposed parts of the body. Parts of the body include: knees, fingertips, forehead, knuckles and so... More

Quite An Everyday Thing (1)

This is a series that works with the material of fabric, which is present in all of my pieces. The pencil drawings reference the consistent flattening of fabric in my work, where fabric, when not in motion, can contend with and confront both the... More

Quite An Everyday Thing (2)

This is a series that works with the material of fabric, which is present in all of my pieces. The pencil drawings reference the consistent flattening of fabric in my work, where fabric, when not in motion, can contend with and confront both the... More

Self Containment-Topia

This work is a speculative experiment to answer the question: can you define a life as it is being lived? The garment present does this by forming a closed loop with the body, as it connects the head, hands and feet of the wearer (the areas... More

Vest Prototype 1: Grandma's Borscht

This piece is a vest with custom designed to fit the specific ingredients to make one batch of my grandmother's borscht recipe. This is the first prototype of a series in which each vest is able to contain the items necessary to complete an act.... More

Work by

Amanda Blake

“My practice centres around exploring feelings of stasis that occur in trying to position myself within my own history. Research and writing evolve into a series of experiments that play with a need...” [More]