Wrapped in Cold Hard Comfort
2025-26
PROJECT BLOG
This project was made possible thanks to the generous funding of Arts Council England and the tremendous support of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, East Street Arts and Sunny Bank Mills.
The title Wrapped in Cold Hard Comfort and the work were born out of processing a period in my life that was incredibly challenging. I was in cycle of physical ill health which brought with it a cycle of poor mental health.
Familiar places to seek comfort, like curling up on the sofa waiting for things to pass, became traps, despite the softness of the quilt it physiologically became this covering that held me on the sofa as though weighted.
This blog is about sharing my journey.
Chaise Loungue - Part 1
This week I want to share a bit more about the chaise lounge that the quilt will be draped over.
For me the chaise carries with it immediate associations with reclining and relaxing. It’s domestic, it has associations with the home, warmth, comfort. A chaise invites you to stretch out rather than sit upright. It’s about stopping.
What a week!
Last week I had the immense, slightly surreal and overwhelming privilege of sharing my work in the Bothy Gallery at YSP.
Full Circle
This week I return to the Bothy Gallery to share work-in-progress from Wrapped in Cold Hard Comfort. Presenting the material enquiry that that was needed to underpin it: as I try and give this rock a sense of materiality. The testing, the resistance, the failures and adjustments that shape the final form.
