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]