Isabella Hope-Miller
Volitation
2021, tasmanian oak, brass, wood stain, watercolour paper, bookbinding glue, plastic tube, plastic string, lobster clip, 3-D resin print, printer ink, POSCA paint maker, super glue, Goldair desk fan, masking tape, 460 x 420 x 530 mm
Photography by Isabella Hope-Miller.
ARTIST STATEMENT
ISABELLA HOPE-MILLER
These are some of my favourite artworks that I created over the covid period. They are a snapshot into my past and are representative of who I was at the time. I have changed a lot since then.
My choices in material were informed largely by my lack of studio access, particularly over the lockdown itself. However, my practice has always leaned towards the multidisciplinary, often using a range of materials and using sculptural aspects.
Although I did not realise it at the time, I cannot help but think that these works all reflect the trapped feeling of the lockdowns: the leaves - the outside world, the paw — a defensive feeling of being trapped, and the bird — freedom. Notably, each of these works brought the outside inside in some way.
Isabella Hope-Miller
Underbrush
2021, 3-D printed resin, paper, super glue, acrylic paint, metal, bookbinding glue, faux leather, underbrush clump foliage, earth undercoat paint, 25 x 130 x 140 mm
Photography by Isabella Hope-Miller.
