GAZE04 /// Disrupt the cycle

GA ZE DISRUPT THE CYCLE

Growing up in the Peterborough area, I felt I would need to move away to ‘make it’ as an artist. The type of art I wanted to make didn’t seem like ‘real art’ and I tried for a long time to fit the box of what I thought an artist was.

I devised this project to publish work exclusively made by local women and other marginalised genders. To say: it’s OK to make illustration, typography, graphics, prints, crafts. In fact it’s amazing. Make the work that you want to make, for the reasons you want to make it. That’s a radical act of feminism in itself.

AMANDA RIGBY, PAPER RHINO

THIS CITY IS FULL OF HIDDEN UNSEEN TALENT

A CHANCE TO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN MY WORK AND TO HAVE SOME RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT

VICKY HACKNEY-WILLIAMS

LIV HOPE

NICOLA BAXTER

AGGIE DOLAN

CATH BROOKS

MADHU MANIPATRUNI

ANGELA KOLOKOTRONI

Strayed upon a primrose path, Pythoness amongst desert thorns Sought to loosen Gordian’s knot A trichotomy, for a snakebitten soul.

HANNAH SAUNDERS

LIV HOPE

NICOLA BAXTER

FIONA CIFALDI

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My work is very focused on the human form and portraiture.

However, rather than imitating exactly what I see, I am more interested in how the human form works in relation to the mind, and specifically in how the different ways in which we speak to ourselves internally might be embodied. I utilise different colours and textures to explore the vibrancy, confusion and depth of the always-dreaming, alwaysworking human mind.

AGGIE DOLAN

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I’m interested in the politicisation of fabric arts and the subversion of what’s traditionally considered a female craft. I work on a variety of themes but I’m really interested in sewing bodies. I think the delicate nature of embroidery lends itself to the tiny details and texture of skin and clothes. I like perceived flaws and imperfections and sewing different people and body types.

VICKY HACKNEY-WILLIAMS

I try not to ever take an opportunity to learn for granted.

If I’m not learning, I don’t feel like I’m growing... and I am pretty short, so growing is important!

FIONA CIFALDI

VICKY HACKNEY-WILLIAMS LIV HOPE NICOLA BAXTER AGGIE DOLAN CATH BROOKS MADHU MANIPATRUNI ANGELA KOLOKOTRONI HANNAH SAUNDERS FIONA CIFALDI On inhaling, its chambers inflate.

On exhaling, the hollow cavities deflate.

It slumps over like an empty plastic bag made of skin.

NICOLA BAXTER

GA ZE

TYPE: DAVE BAILEY ALANNA MUNRO