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When I finally succumbed to owning a mobile phone in 2009 I was dismayed to learn the pitfalls of ‘predictive text’. I was sending text messages that didn’t make sense, or made sense, but were not what I intended. For example ‘r u home?’ became ‘r u good?’ – a nice enquiry, but essentially not helpful.
To overcome my dislike of ‘predictive text’ I decided to embrace it and explore other words that might be interchanged automatically by my hand held social innovator. I paired interchangeable words that created plays on words – a reminder of the many layers and textures of our texted text.
I chose the technique of latch hook to create these works. I have never really enjoyed this technique but was curious to see if I could use it in a contemporary context. The textured nature of latch hook and the possibility to depict text meant that this technique was well suited to my theme.
Latch hook is here presented in a wall mounted decorative form, as well as the more traditional form as a functional object – the cushion.
Newman Brothers Coffin Works, Birmingham UK, 2009.
Opened especially at part-of Heritage Open Days:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD008227E/
Read more about this historic Birmingham building that Advantage West Midlands have stopped funding here:
www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/current/newman-brothers/
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