The Anthropo-scene
An exhibition of Needle-Felted Sculpture displayed at Deptford Does Art in October 2021.
It is now all too apparent that we are living in the Anthropocene: The way that we are living our lives, is altering the world we all live in. The effects will be imprinted on the surface of the earth for millions of years to come.
The great Victorian Taxidermists portrayed their once-living specimens within naturalistic scenes. Even then, this was not entirely honest. The very act of their ‘preservation’ was in fact driving the decimation and extinction of so many species. Animal lives can no longer be viewed in isolation from humanity. Even the most remote areas of the planet are being touched by the actions of every human in the modern world.
Laura’s needle-felted miniature faux-taxidermy scenes, place the animal subjects within contemporary urban and ‘natural’ environments. Each one, explores the various ways in which they have become unwittingly entangled in our human lives.
Some animals look blissfully unaware of their grim situation whilst others seem to be casting judgement on humankind.
Graysons Art Club
This piece is Laura’s only felted human and was made especially for Grayson’s Art Club for the Hero theme in early 2022. It made Grayson’s top 3 on the episode and was part of the Grayson’s Art Club Exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham.
This cat portrait was commissioned by the Horniman Museum and Gardens as part of the Hair: Untold Stories exhibition in 2022. It was made using the hair from the cat it portrays.
It also toured to Tullie House and Sheffield Park Museum in 2023.