Bronwen Paterson
‘Plastic Bones’ (Pair), 2020
Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, pins and thread. 35 x 50cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Bedtime Stories’ (Detail), 2020
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads and found objects. 160 x 160cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Bedtime Stories’, 2020
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads and found objects. 160 x 160cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Dreaming’, 2019
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads and found objects. 45 x 65 x 5cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Plastic Bones’ (Set of Four), 2020
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads nails and thread. 60 x 60cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Plastic Bones’ (Vertebrae), 2020
Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter and thread. 45 x 45cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Creep’ (Detail), 2019
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter and thread. 160 x 140cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Creep’, 2019
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter and thread. 160 x 140cm
Bronwen Paterson
‘Plastic Pictures’ (Detail), 2020
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads and found objects. 25cm
Born in South Africa, Bronwen attempts to capture images and memories from her past in her artwork. She has always been drawn to the unique patterns, textures and vibrancy found in the indigenous arts and craft. She is particularly motivated by the fact that some of the most sacred objects are made from the simplest of materials. Being mindful of this Bronwen chooses to construct her work from a seemingly unconventional and overlooked commonplace material, namely plastic. She creates unique surfaces by heat-pressing layers of plastic together. These are further embellished with screen-printing, glitter, plastic beads and found objects sewn together with nylon thread. This embellishment glorifies the mundane and Bronwen makes plastic ‘beautiful’. By repurposing plastic she attempts to show the transformative possibilities of imperishable waste. Further revealing the forgotten narratives and aesthetic power of the discarded and overlooked.
Bronwen Paterson
‘Plastic Pictures’, 2020
Mixed media. Hand sewn heat pressed plastics; embellished with screen-printing, glitter, beads and found objects. 120 x 150cm
Born in South Africa, Bronwen attempts to capture images and memories from her past in her artwork. She has always been drawn to the unique patterns, textures and vibrancy found in the indigenous arts and craft. She is particularly motivated by the fact that some of the most sacred objects are made from the simplest of materials. Being mindful of this Bronwen chooses to construct her work from a seemingly unconventional and overlooked commonplace material, namely plastic. She creates unique surfaces by heat-pressing layers of plastic together. These are further embellished with screen-printing, glitter, plastic beads and found objects sewn together with nylon thread. This embellishment glorifies the mundane and Bronwen makes plastic ‘beautiful’. By repurposing plastic she attempts to show the transformative possibilities of imperishable waste. Further revealing the forgotten narratives and aesthetic power of the discarded and overlooked.
