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Welcome to my digital portfolio. Click on the blue titles on each post to see images, inspiration, materials and dimensions of each series of work. In this digital portfolio I provide images of the many different projects I have developed. I approach society and science in a questioning way using sculpture, photography, film and sound. […]
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memorialising disease, 2016
Inspiration Memorialising Disease celebrates pioneering individuals who lead the way in medical science, sometimes without even realising the impact of their work. The artist lays flowers by the graveside by taking ceramics of single deadly viruses or bacteria back to places of significance in the history of developing vaccines. Six single ceramic viruses or bacteria […]
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outbreak games, 2015
Inspiration Outbreak Games introduces viruses and their exciting shapes through some familiar games. Ten brightly coloured Pop Art pieces look as delicate as coral, but as dangerous as sea mines. This exciting work has become all the more relevant as we fear that antibiotics can no longer help us. Audiences are invited to play microbial […]
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ceramic transmission, 2020
Inspiration Ceramic Transmission considers the transmission of disease. Electronic sound components have been integrated into four sculpted ceramic forms that can be activated by touch. Through touch, the sculptures enable greater understanding and interest in theories about disease and transmission. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the spreading of the disease via touch, the […]
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antibacterial animals, 2019
inspiration Humanity is living at a time of enormous risk. Years of excessive use of antibiotics means that we are becoming antibacterial resistant. My contribution to this exciting collaborative project between Liverpool University and Liverpool John Moores University was to communicate life changing ideas about how we as a society combat disease at a time […]
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significant bunch of viruses, 2017
Inspiration The strangely beautiful world of microbes is explored using mixed media and ceramic. The Significant Bunch of viruses are bacteria and viruses represented as bouquets of flowers. Tuberculosis sprout from milk bottles, HIV flow from an old urinal jar and Smallpox cluster together as if actually in the blood stream. The 12 Quarantine Boxes […]
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terra firma leaky boat, 2021
Inspiration In Terra Firma Leaky Boat 130 ceramic hands gather around hoping to get onto a rusty and leaking boat. This work was made in response to the eco refugee crisis that the world faces. A film of Terra Firma Leaky Boat The installation was exhibited in central Glasgow during Cop 26 at a climate […]
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Helen Birnbaum
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