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Bridget Bailey’s inspired by the diversity of the natural world on her allotment, and the ways textile and millinery techniques can be used to describe it’s flora and fauna. Her artworks and jewellery playfully explore these possibilities, combining intriguing ideas and observations with intricate delicate making.
GALLERY OF WORK
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Meadowscape :
Framed artwork of velvet and silk grasses, feather barley, iridescent flowers, and feather insects individually sewn into place.<
45 x 60 x 4cm
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Meadowscape detail :
Framed artwork of velvet and silk grasses, feather barley, iridescent flowers, and feather insects individually sewn into place.
45 x 60 x 4cm
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Wild Bouquet :
Decorative plants and insects displayed as an installation but sold individually
Materials: iridescent fibre, silk, wire, dyed abaca fibre and feather
Size: 2 x 1 x 20cm
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Blade of grass with buttercup :
Decorative plants and insects displayed as an installation but sold individually
Materials: embossed velvet and silk, wire
Size: 2 x 1 x 12cm
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Letting the Lawn Grow :
Framed artwork of velvet and silk grasses, wire buttercups and daisies and feather moths individually sewn into place
40 x 34 x 4cm
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Feather barley :
Corn made from hand cut found parakeet and hen feathers
Size: 2 x 1 x 15cm
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Bee and Lavender :
Velvet bees on dyed wire lavender stems
Size: 2 x 1 x 12cm
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Flightpath Ring :
Ring inspired by buzzing insects made from wire, silk and found feathers
Size 15 x 15 x 15cm
