Bridget Bailey

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collections 2025

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Bridget's artworks explore aspects of nature that are often overlooked and uncovers a world of unexpected beauty in the hidden growth-rhythm of a tussock of grass, or the mysterious colours of an earthworm. They grow from the 'creative compost' of her life as a maker — and her observations as a gardener. The viewer is transported to a place where species and techniques combine and cross-pollinate, and materials become a new language to show the subtle parallels between making and the way nature evolves.

 

Bridget’s background is in textiles and millinery, and the materials and techniques that are familiar in those disciplines become intriguing when used in their new context as artworks. Acaca fibre —normally used in hat-making — become a seed-head, while cut feathers become grasses. Traditional skills are also re-imagined — intricate binding techniques used in fishing fly-tying create beetles’ legs, whereas tie-dyed threads define the segments of an iridescent silk dragonfly.

 

Bridget has an allotment and that down-to-earth environment has encouraged reflection on the workings of nature as well as its visual beauty. Her artworks hint at slow growth, fleeting visits from insects, seasons turning and symbiotic relationships, bringing some of these unseen workings into view with the intricate making and lightness of touch that are the signature of all her work.

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