Offerings de-instalment. 24th – 26th March 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by lucybrownmakes

My solo exhibition ‘Offerings’ ends this Friday, 23^rd March. You have until 5pm this day to visit the exhibition on site at R Space Gallery, Lisburn Northern Ireland.

As from Saturday 24^th through to Monday 26^th March I will again be working on site at R Space, de-installing my ‘Offerings’. The Gallery will be open 11am – 5pm on these days for visitors to drop in and ‘meet the artist’ and view the works being de-installed. I hope you can make it.

http://www.rspacelisburn.com/offerings/

Works in the Exhibition are;

Anti form Sculptures; ‘Bit of Skirt.’ ‘Waisted/wasted.’ ‘Since I fell for you’

Wall based sculptures; ‘In 1962 the birth control pill was available but….’ and ‘Legs’

Hair works; ‘Ladies Companions.’ ‘Reclaiming ones….’ ‘When I get older….’ ‘Lippy’ ‘Excess’ ‘Unruly’

Lucy Brown. Offerings Installation view. R Space Gallery 2018. foreground left -Waisted/wasted, right-Bit of Skirt back – Since I fell for you

Lucy Brown. Offerings Installation view. R Space Gallery. 2018. Foreground right Bit of Skirt. left Waisted: wasted. back since I fell for you

Lucy Brown. Offerings. R Space Gallery exterior Lisburn. NI 2018. In window – In 1962 the birth control pill was available but…’

Lucy Brown. Offerings R Space Gallery. far left; wall based hair work. When I get older…. right Waisted; wasted

Lucy Brown Offerings R Space Gallery 2018. left Waisted: wasted detail. right Bit of Skirt. Detail

Lucy Brown. Offerings R space Gallery 2018. Since i fell for you. detail

Final work in situ. Shed Space Gallery Residency. Old Fire Station Gallery, Oxford 2016

Posted on July 7, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

A few photos of the final work in situ…Working live in a gallery is always full of surprises. I had some lovely unexpected conversations with gallery visitors during my two day shed space residency. These exchanges and visitors re-actions to an artist working in the gallery all at some level inform the work made in situ. Thank you to those of you who visited.

Work made by Lucy Brown during Shed Space Gallery Residency. Arts at the Old fire Station. Oxford June 2016. Copyright – © Lucy Brown 2016

Gallery residency – Work in progress; Shed Space Exhibition 2016

Posted on June 27, 2016 by lucybrownmakes

Working with a knicker elastic warp stretched around the gallery architecture steel post and attached to the ‘shed space’ shed, I have been free fall weaving and un- weaving with a mix of nylon undergarments and stockings… starting with the basement foundations of the Former Lucas Underwear Factory building in George Street Oxford…

Above; Shed Space Exhibition. Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford. Left ‘Total Support’ by Lucy Brown

above; Warp in Progress. Lucy Brown. Gallery Residency. Shed Space Exhibition Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford

above left; Lucy Brown weaving in situ. Gallery Residency. Shed Space Exhibition Old Fire Station Gallery Oxford

above right; Back of the former Lucas Underwear factory building. Back of George Street Oxford. Lucy Brown. Research

Jabots and my old machine-made lace high-neck dress (almost vintage)

Posted on August 20, 2015 by lucybrownmakes

(my) lace, high- neck dress, size 10, 1980’s St. Michaels; marks & spencer, the skirt of this could be wefted maybe . . .extending white lace warp on ‘shoulders’ to follow through with seams of lace high-neck dress…… evokes the Nottingham Jabots I studied in Nottingham museum’s lace collections, male and female frills to cover, to hide the closure of a shirt, dress or blouse…. Can the white lace warp on shoulders be extended and weft of heather mauve pink skirt added . . . ?

‘All at Sea’ in situ – on-board The Ross Tiger Trawler, Grimsby until 2nd November 2014

Posted on October 3, 2014 by lucybrownmakes

Vintage suits used; Navy wool and polyester St Michaels – Pale blue linen, wool mix Fox of London – Green cotton velvet Burtons – Pure wool tweed Hardy Amies.

‘All at Sea’. 2014 Site specific work for The Ross Tiger Trawler, Grimsby.

‘All at Sea’ consists of four mock fishermen’s kit bags, reconstructed from men’s vintage suit jackets. These kits bags are placed on-board the Ross Tiger, within the fishermen’s sleeping quarters, below deck, using existing hooks and rails. The original construction of each suit jacket has been used as much as possible. Where this has not been possible reconstruction and re-stitching mimics’ original tailored jacket pattern construction and stitching.

In context, the kit bags act as links between the Grimsby fishermen’s very different shore and sea lives, drawing on the deckhands tradition of wearing their ‘coming on board’ and ‘going ashore’ suits. Grimsby fishermen’s Kit bags were taken on and off the trawlers after three days on land or three weeks at sea. Nicknamed the ‘three day millionaires’, Grimsby fishermen shopped in Freeman Street – known as Fishermen’s High Street – where there were tailors such as Gerald Baileys, John Collier, Alexanders and Burtons; and high street department shops like Marks and Spencer’s and Woolworths. ‘All at Sea’ uses vintage jackets from Burtons and Marks & Spencers, once in Freeman Street and also from tailors Fox and Hardy Amies, London, as the ‘three day millionaires’ would have been able to afford these brands. Like tailoring, fishing is a skilled job, just as working the ship is a skilled job.

Kit Bags carried personal items and up to four changes of clothing. As men were frequently unable to wash, a change of clothes was as good as it got. The amount of times they got changed depended on what type of trip it was. On a not so good trip, then as many times as they could – On a good trip, may not bother! Young lads hung around the quayside to carry the men’s kit bags from the taxi onto ship and from ship to taxi. The three weeks at sea and three days ashore could make for an unsettled existence. The kit bags become a metaphor for the ongoing fisherman’s transition between sea and land life.

The Ross Tiger herself holds and preserves the nostalgia for the Grimsby fishing industry.

‘the secrets we keep from ourselves…’ 2012 on display until 10th Feb 2013

Posted on December 15, 2012 by lucybrownmakes

Final Installation for Lace Works Exhibition at Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.

Materials used – Nottingham Leavers Lace trim, ribbon, vintage and second hand ‘St Michaels’ (Marks and Spencer’s) and ‘Golden Charm’ negligée’s, petticoats, high neck day dress, pins, nails.

’Lace Works – Contemporary Art & Nottingham Lace’ – Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery 10^th November 2012 – extended until 10^th February 2013. www.mynottingham.gov.uk/nottinghamcastle

‘Lace Works’ is part of ‘Lace: Here: Now’ – a season of lace exhibitions and events that celebrate the heritage of the Nottingham Lace industry and demonstrates that lace still inspires, fascinates and excites. www.laceherenow.co.uk

i remember

Posted on October 27, 2012 by lucybrownmakes

….watching ‘Blood and Black Lace’- (Italian: Sei donne per l’assassino) a 1964 Italian Giallo film directed by Mario Bava; and after the film had finished, my boyfriend thought it would be funny to act out the killer by hiding on the landing with a black lace stocking over his head….