The Gallery of Contemporary Textile Artists
Gail Baxter
United Kingdom
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Reading Shadows (detail)Size: 30cm cubes + shadows
Materials: Metal armature, mixed threads, cotton linters, text, spotlights
Date: 2011 -
ArkheionSize: 20cm cubes + shadows
Material: Metal armature, mixed threads, cotton linters, spotlights
Date: 2010 -
Relative (detail)Size: 1 metre square by 3 metres high
Material: Wood and wire hanging frame, waxed linen thread, cotton fabric
Date: 2009 -
Records & MemoriesSize: 140 x 70 cm
Material: Waxed linen thread, cotton fabric
Date: 2009 -
Records & Memories (detail)Size: 140 x 70 cm
Material: Waxed linen thread, cotton fabric
Date: 2009 -
Gail Baxter
Trained as a bobbin lace maker, the work is a contemporary response to the structure of lace. In her current work the holes, gaps and absences reflect the arbitrary nature of the information held within any given archive - the lace structure acting as a metaphor for the unknown.
Artist's Statement
