Sarah
Luckhurst
Chain reaction, 2022
Found lace fabric, hair clippings and chain pendant
100 x 10 cm
Obsessive mental nesting, 2022
Acrylic /nylon blend yarn, beads and found objects
Variable Dimensions
This work was developed on Kaurna Country
Location: DB4-20
Sarah’s body of work takes the form of multiple hand-woven hanging pieces. It is the process of several months of repeated hand motions that served as a mechanism; accompanying decompression techniques and therapy work as a part of her healing journey. Each piece has its own meaning – every strand of fabric has a colour, a pattern or symbolic object. Sarah has connected these to a corresponding emotion, specific person or life event, of which have influenced their entire being in a variety of ways. They have woven together these meanings into a physical form of representation, to create a visual for the audience – to understand the results of their healing process, and to release these traumas from their mind.
Thank you
Thank you to my parents, to whom I owe my life and memories. My sibling, of which we share a similar story and whom I cherish eternally. My beloved Grandmother, who has provided me the motivation and pressure to keep going. And to everyone else who has influenced my body of work – you know who you are.