Crafty Loitering Pigeons by Katie Barton
on 20/3/10
Passionate about her work and the place where she works & lives - London, we really like the simplicity and honesty of Katie Barton's pieces and are not surprised at all that she has been picked for the Emerging New Talent exhibition held by Craft London.
Crafty Loitering Pigeons by Katie Barton
Katie has a fantastic eye for all those hidden gems that we in our busy lives forget about or don't even see. Taking her love of textiles, she uses fabrics, mixed media and textile techniques to create individual wall-hung and installation art works.Completely intuitive, she is also fanatical about colour and its qualities on different materials and likes to express the details in everyday life through texture and colour, mixing techniques like appliqué, embroidery, dyeing and surface embellishment.
Cobweb Installation by Katie Barton
For her the Craft London exhibition, Katie describes her reasoning behind her work "London inspires me because it is immense and full. Its people and communities, movement and vibration, and rich visual detail and history provides a sensory overload - and spotting the little details and personal touches excites me".
Close-up of Cobweb Installation by Katie Barton
Her installation piece is inspired by everything that ‘London’ represents, including the people, communities and movement. The cobwebs offer a glassy, silent and delicate quality which is contrasted against how they are created – frantic, yet structured - like Londoners weaving their own lives. They are almost invisible and you have to look twice to notice them fully.
Close-up of Cobweb Installation by Katie Barton
As for the cheeky pigeons that are housed in the window display, these give her work a playful touch as she captures the essence of London’s most iconic creatures. They loiter around eyeing up your lunch and flap around your head spraying dirt and dust everywhere. But Katie reckons we wouldn't want London without them. We have to agree, but would definitely prefer to adopt one of her more cheerful, loveable characters, rather than the real things.
Crafty Loitering Pigeon by Katie Barton
