Esther Appleyard BA (Hons)
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"Appleyard wants us to understand that any construction, especially the human body, can suffer flaws. This diversity can be beautiful, enabling a balance and a contrast to be achieved."
We inherit our genetic map and this miniature code then constructs us and consequently partly shapes the vastness of society. She wants us to understand that any construction, especially the human body, can suffer flaws. This diversity can be beautiful, enabling a balance and a contrast to be achieved.
Appleyard wants to know: do we accept that our genetic code dictates our life and is a convenient way of explaining our destiny, traits and imperfections, or is there still a far greater spiritual and non-scientific element to our existence?
Esther Appleyard’s work is complex, concept driven and process based, resulting in multi-layered complex images. Miniature weavings are photographed and then projected on a much larger scale, exposing the inherent defects within the weave.
This is a metaphor for the faults that occur within our own genetic structures and the vast implications this may have. These images are then made into digital prints on canvas or paper, to which Appleyard applies paint, glitter and varnish, decorating the sinister and exploring the contrast between the digital and man-made mark.
This is a metaphor for the faults that occur within our own genetic structures and the vast implications this may have. These images are then made into digital prints on canvas or paper, to which Appleyard applies paint, glitter and varnish, decorating the sinister and exploring the contrast between the digital and man-made mark.
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