Beckie Upton
'Fragments', 2018 Mixed Media, cabinet of curiosities. Ceramic, glass eggshells, ink drawings on paper, artists book, zebrafish larvae, lab equipment. Developed for Creative Reactions in collaboration with Dr Dylan Bergan, exhibited at Hamilton House, Bristol and The Edge Gallery, University of Bath.
I have always had a fascination with the 'natural' sciences and living things, I was the child collecting snails and slow worm skins in jars and learning to label cloud formations and weather patterns. Often I take inspiration from these objects, such as eggs, cocoons and nests and I am intrigued by the creatures that create them. I have a love for organic form, transitions and transformations such as metamorphosis, life-cycles and the temperament of the landscape. As an interdisciplinary artist,
I enjoy the process of making itself and prefer to use a variety of methods and materials, often working with many mediums and on multiple projects as any one time. Areas of research include; interdisciplinary making, material & process led practice, chance & experimental design, design thinking, creativity and arts education. I'm predominantly working in ceramics and painting. However, I also make prints, drawings, collage, textile, sculpture and larger scale installation.
