Colette Brannigan - Mosaic and mixed media sculptures
Historically mosaic has been marginalised as a purely decorative art-form, leaving its potential as an original artistic medium little explored. I hope my work can bring renewed interest to this versatile and expressive medium, revealing its compelling physicality.
My work is three-dimensional and wall-hung, based upon the use of various art and craft media and the creative re-use of banal, everyday objects from the domestic laundry and building trade. The combination of these manufactured objects with materials such as stained-glass, mosaic and embroidery to re-present some very problematical subject matter is intended to be both unexpected and provocative, giving these highly crafted objects a cold dose of social realism.
Click the tiles on the left to see example of my recent work