Thomas, Abigail
:
Visual Arts and Designer Makers,
Bookmaker,
Installation,
Textiles,
Visual Arts,
Abigail’s practice centres on the everyday, ranging from mini sculptures and artists’ books to interventions and installations. She is influenced by Kurt Schwitters an artist who worked in the time of the Dada movement, like Schwitters she is a collector of mundane and found objects. Unlike Schwitters (who was not a great enthusiast for keeping images of his work) Abigail catalogues the documentation of her own work, sometimes obsessively, sometimes intermittently, recording the pieces in any media possible or suitable, this in turn is used as part of future pieces of work. This referencing within her own practice is something that makes her work quite unique and brings the different aspects of her work together.
Recently Abigail’s practice has been influenced by her day job in a library. Stamping, shelving, archiving, tagging, repairs, jacketing, microfilm reading & photocopying are but a few processes that occur in the library from day to day. These processes are seeping into Abigail’s practice, most noticeably in her book works. Collecting processes and skills as if they were items and putting them on display like treasure.
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