The Names
2021-2022
This body of work seeds out of grief. It is my processing of the year I cared for my Mum as she lived and died with brain cancer. Tumors affected her ability to express herself, my role as carer included acting as translator. I read her needs through non-verbal communication. This connection was beautiful, awful, heartbreaking. As our communication fell away, so did my capacity to describe that trauma.
I returned to the studio after her passing, in search of the language to tell our story. There, the sun cast a stream of light through my window as I worked. Clay came alive, growing plant-like, shape-shifting vessels. Their shadows stretched out, informing their own becoming. Abstract wreaths, unraveling baskets, wriggling spider-hands carried me through grief toward a place of healing. I caught those glyphic shadows in cyanotypes.
The work itself is an act of translation. I transcribe loss to transform it. I search for meaning in the gaps between mediums, in the chasm of lost words. To hold what was lost, I press shadows to the page and bind them in blue.
![The Wheel, Ceramic, 12.5 x 12.5 x 9 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbba107affd5a805ee38591c194f13144b92f45fb81a0b1c7ce1444e5b8c13bd/Brand_Rosie_003.jpg)
![Whorl of the Wheel, Cyanotype Print on Paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cdbd6dafce40ea81c82582e473313fb547a82d2332f2c5f4c5d0ccf6d0bea84/2022-07-30-15-46-46-01.jpg)
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![Loculicidal Shadow, cyanotype print on paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cba0ea05082bdc948d57ea0eb30ee5c6b76d459ee6681a254c775c747beab1ea/2022-07-30-15-50-44-01.jpg)
![Portal Vessel, Ceramic, 8 x 8 x 4 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71cbc86d3154407889b6bc54774f0f47b307a6245322ac063a910bb3c49353b2/Brand_Rosie_005.jpg)
![Elongate Portal Vessel, ceramic, 7.5 x 15 x 5.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06acf1c49f3fbd99468c46406ea47f21364d2b04dd81ebfd5fd5f123a1de6661/0P4A3277.jpg)
![Branched Shadow, cyanotype print on paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d4b5d4f08e02b010d8a79343203a14874e8da09892d2e87b6100764adb42d2e/2022-07-30-15-49-6-01.jpg)
![Spider Hand and S Chain, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/612446c985e6ad5310f99f3427813773a307de8de3ccae1f193b50255936de25/0P4A3849.jpg)
![Spider Hands Shadow, cyanotype print on paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4b977d7b774fe0f4cab7c6520da127d34859b297389a92135e28acff6c339e3/2022-07-30-15-45-58-01.jpg)
![Lantern Vessel, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e08fb5a33146e8ec2e08cda3e80b45ab216f2b87089f34afb01e04fa0d2df33/BrandRosieALT.jpg)
![Sun Pod, Ceramic, 7 x 3.5 x 7.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014d78a67a275ed2222d889459a44e8bd8f8cdd1504645a486085a254b828360/0P4A3282.jpg)
![Branching Shadows, cyanotype print on paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88ae5467a4e6e769b50e23d37985bbd1d6d209227024e1a9b5b680adda1f8856/2022-07-30-15-41-17-01.jpg)
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![Shadows, cyanotype print on paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f24ba8ba56af96274240c1a4d6c489aa5adfb8d467393608d975ab9bef990e9/2022-07-30-15-48-19-01.jpg)
![Branching Pod, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30e8fda5bb34a0a0bd159ce94389ddb9c0ce4b39f99437ee369a5fd97ed05241/0P4A2876.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af661956935291ca6673d4848da9764e1ee61adb1300657830d0f4440b7cb790/Brand_Rosie_009.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cfa11b2a105488204b08026101b0fd09561e6bed89ded6edf9ed70176efdd5c/small-cyano-005.jpg)
![The Wreath, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1db311a462951b76e4b80a9c2e66378225611ba3c88da59a6ee8687f01fc2dff/0P4A3984.jpg)
![Recurved Spider Hands, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2615bf30e3e5b41ee2ee1333bd9a78cb314ef8184e144c0b5b93d91b1cbeb50/0P4A3895.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49983deb9dc9432460eac9055ed332acfd46fa56b9f08778b7d3a395995bf0fe/small-cyano-011.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea29f9798ae815c8d508a21f550b1abe960e932d17270bcbff9cf6d1fa21fe69/small-cyano-004.jpg)
![Rotate Lantern Pod, Ceramic, 4.5 x 6 x 4.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4b68f2d10196022d7411ab5de4aab34a466a10908e7e0d9e893f6c8d20c432d/0P4A4011.jpg)
![Spider Hands, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4855e85e575968a7380ef3710aa80dfd4d89696db28116659f6d883ef8e9a6cc/0P4A3921.jpg)
![Sun Pod, Ceramic, 7 x 3.5 x 7.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a131025ef6097986f705077dae8b09eb76354ffecd3ca5f56ffa5e1b59430dc2/Brand_Rosie_007.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b686a74f31b4a4cbbccabf4ca604f438c7a31017e3a2c5803143236976c8beb8/small-cyano-007.jpg)
![Porcidal Lantern Pod, Ceramic, 4.5 x 6 x 4.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1863dc5ecd1b32737cf6dee4dbd4e174e80aea9d05a067a45a90872018f1caa8/0P4A3043.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23d46da1c291889e4a6422298baa37d8abcaa6750e96874ab47b6fd72d92a1ac/small-cyano-009.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04c3a53b8f203166ba2ac696cbd86241dc53cae3cbb8bb220bf51c06278813e5/0P4A4000.jpg)
![Undone Portal Vessel, Ceramic, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45f2a6e95bfaca2b5b7efa0f521810530c0850e6609390eb6b7eea16b0583b21/0P4A2898.jpg)
![Looped Shadow, Cyanotype Print on Paper, 11 x 14 inches, June 2022](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d0d5b387e4c28163c0eefdb73ebf2c59230cc1f242199e9d4a59805f1d54192/2022-07-30-15-49-53-01.jpg)
![Rotate Portal Pod, Ceramic, 12 x 5.5 x 10.5 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c80815217d485340fd082dbd0327fd7c2efb30b95a2c934bcc8ab471416c69ce/0P4A3957.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fce2f780a3eda9d3739caffc94bb8cc2f556b592b38a740ec05c2fc5e1eb05b2/0P4A3969.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df264fc8a1adeda0f2b93d5fcb29a40fbe96097cb30c073273178f324bf30017/small-cyano-003.jpg)
![The Wheel, Ceramic, 12.5 x 12.5 x 9 inches, June 2021](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a6719b93588ae98148d404af9cc24dc5550a938b8b1861e99694e422217ae52/0P4A3160.jpg)
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