2017
JAN MULLEN
ARTIST STATEMENT
Inaugural Exhibition
My recent work explores themes of home, domesticity, making and family. These themes intertwine and are united by my eclectic collection of family possessions and a love of memorabilia.
knit1purl1 is a series which celebrates women’s crafts through photographs which are manipulated into repeats and printed digitally on fabric or card; bookish, my summer yarn and faded pastime are stories/yarns about growing up whilst tus kyiz/mongolia, suzanni/uzbekistan and north india/sari stitching draw from my travel photos to celebrate the honest beauty of ethnic textiles.
Works from feathering the nest are much more diverse; I began with the black swan as my theme, a bird who’s steadfast values turned my thoughts towards our domestic nesting instinct and the desire to decorate our ‘nests’. Paint chips, freehand and machine stitched with ‘feathers’, have become shorthand for, and reverence of domesticity/plumage of both birds and generations of suburbanites.
ARTWORK SERIES
'knit1purl1' series
all measurements are in cm, width x height
knit1purl1 #1
my summer yarn
35cm x 200/254
(reversable)
knit1purl1 #2
my current yarn
80.5 x 208/337
(front and back)
knit1purl1 #3
bookish
35cm x 200/254
(reversable)
knit1purl1 #4
tus kyiz / mongolia
43 x 63
(front and back)
knit1purl1 #5
suzanni / uzbekistan
43 x 68
(front and back)
knit1purl1 #6
suzanni / uzbekistan
43cm x 69
(front and back)
knit1purl1 #7
north india / sari stitching
43 x 80
(reversable)
knit1purl1 #8
faded pastime
45.5 x 145
(front and back)
'feathering the nest' series
all measurements are in cm, width x height x depth
feathering the nest #1
of hope & glory
179 x 182
feathering the nest #4
beautiful values
90 x 205.5 x 2.4
feathering the nest #5
hedging bets
48 x 54 x 2.3
feathering the nest #6
gender neutral
48 x 90 x 2.4
feathering the nest #9
sky babe
40 x 60 x 2.3
feathering the nest #10
floating with tranquility
88 x 63 x 2.3
feathering the nest #11
proud parent
30 x 96 x 2.3
feathering the nest #12
the cosseted cygnet
30 x 96 x 2.3
feathering the nest #13
ethical choices
72 x 72 x 2.3
feathering the nest #14
beautiful baudin
41 x 41x 4cm
feathering the nest #15
under the wing
41 x 41x 4cm
feathering the nest #16
under the tail
41 x 41 x 4
feathering the nest #17
cocky’s wing
38x 115
x 2.3
feathering the nest #18
fred’s tail
38 x 101x 2.3
feathering the nest #19
cockie bennett’s crest
38 x 94.5 x 2.3
feathering the nest #20
boudoir plumage / spanish cream
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #21
boudoir plumage / ringlet
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #22
boudoir plumage / elusive
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #23
boudoir plumage / favourite lady
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #24
boudoir plumage / arctic daisy
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #25
boudoir plumage / green glacier
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #26
boudoir plumage / ice pack
41 x 41 x 2.5
feathering the nest #27
boudoir plumage / shutterbug
41 x 41 x 2.5
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