Allured by the concept of familiarity my work indulges in the fascination of everyday objects and their relationship with the viewer. Over the last year my work has evolved to challenge functionality; reinventing forms of furniture to encourage a new perspective and experience for the viewer. Provoking questions such as; Are there any limits to what society classes as Fine Art? And are there any boundaries to combining design? Based in Sculpture, studying a BA in Fine Art at Norwich University College of the Arts.Tumblr (3.0; @reinventingfurniture)http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjb2gOClC1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Exploring display techniques……</p> <p>a generic white mug available in almost every supermarket or kitchenery store……… </p> <p>an everyday object……</p> <p>a new perspective……</p> <p>a new function…….. a sculptural display.</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/33096130582http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/33096130582Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:54:16 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjaw5G4io1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjaw5G4io1r9e97so2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbjaw5G4io1r9e97so3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>My Studio Space…..</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/33095852031http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/33095852031Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:50:27 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ug23sZaT1r9gdm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> If walls could talk 2002<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ug23sZaT1r9gdm9o2_400.jpg"/><br/> Everything and Nothing (detail), 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ug23sZaT1r9gdm9o3_400.jpg"/><br/> Layer/s, lost without trace, 2009<br/><br/> <p><a href="http://lnop.tumblr.com/post/21515072999/catherine-bertolas-work-is-an-attempt-to-look" class="tumblr_blog">lnop</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/artists/_Catherine%20Bertola/">Catherine Bertola</a>’s work is an attempt to look beyond the surface of objects and buildings, to uncover forgotten and invisible histories of places and people, as a way of reframing and considering the past.</p> <div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span></div> <div class="cvsummary"></div></blockquote> Jodie Rice: Whilst Researching for my dissertation I came accross artist Catherine Bertola in <i>Contemporary Art, From Studio to Situation</i> by Claire Doherty, it documents the artist along with 17 others collaboratively work together to create the exhibition <i>Further Up in the Air</i>. ‘In a text written for Carnegie International Jean Fisher writes; “If artistic practices have a role here, it is to unpick the languages of habitual discourse, to prevent us with new ways of seeing, other stories that offer different insights into the experiences of the world, so that we can begin again the task of remaking it.” I felt this quotation revealed exactly what I was encountering whilst painting and decorating with my Grandad over the summer….. pealing back the memories and recreating a new experience to look forward to, giving my Grandad the fresh start to life with the home beign a direct portrayal of everyday life.http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32810697482http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32810697482Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:00:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbbt6887CE1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Over the Summer Holidays I helped my Grandad to strip wallpaper and paint the drab and dull walls of his home…. Pealing back the dated dull wallpaper had a therapeutic being in that it would not only get my Grandad physically motivated after a harsh few months of dealing with cancer and sadly losing my Nan but also gave him the feeling of a new start. The act of decorating became part of my way of helping Grandad to embrace life and although I didn’t want him to move on exactly I instead felt it might get him to look and plan for the future, to look for positive change. <br/> Looking back I’ve realised the wall paper itself had become like a layer of time passing, possible a shedding of memories in which my Grandad took to reveal a new experience and perspective. I started to think about my art practice in relation as I often work with household everyday objects in which become symbols to my own personal feelings and perspectives of the world. Could wallpaper be a metaphorical portrayal of one’s identity? Could I manipulate its original portrayal and reinvent a new perspective for it through my art……..</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32809995025http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32809995025Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:44:32 +0100wallpaperYayoi Kusama 9th February-5th June 2012 I managed to visit Yayoi Kasuma&#8217;s exhibition at The...http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32808711922http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32808711922Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:15:33 +0100Yayoi KusamaInfinityinstallation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb88d31uiC1rg9bnuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://inprintuk.tumblr.com/post/32796401122/infinity" class="tumblr_blog">inprintuk</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>INFINITY </p></blockquote> ‘Much of Kusama’s art had an almost hallucinatory intensity that reflects her unique vision of th world, whether through a teeming accumulation of detail or dense patterns of polka dots.’ Tate Modern <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/yayoi-kusama">http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/yayoi-kusama</a>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32807624065http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/32807624065Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:50:14 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xfcdz7h41r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xfcdz7h41r9e97so2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 4 <br/> Everyday Object #2</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22922505379http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22922505379Sat, 12 May 2012 21:24:11 +0100“‘It is to the everyday that we consign that which no longer holds our daily attention. Things...http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22840246990http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22840246990Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:02 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v1lvUzBs1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 10<br/><i>Milkmaid Stall</i>, 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839475275http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839475275Fri, 11 May 2012 14:32:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v1ehlxUU1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v1ehlxUU1r9e97so3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 9<br/><i>Re-use, recycle</i> 2012</p> <p>Exploration of vinyl bowls- technique inspired by ‘Kirstie’s Home Made Home’</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839350090http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839350090Fri, 11 May 2012 14:27:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v18cInnS1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v18cInnS1r9e97so2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 8<br/><i>Deckchair</i>, 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839238116http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839238116Fri, 11 May 2012 14:24:10 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v14yBB8u1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v14yBB8u1r9e97so2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v14yBB8u1r9e97so3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Day 7<br/><i>Biscuit Tin</i>, 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839184227http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839184227Fri, 11 May 2012 14:22:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v0vpVjyD1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 6<br/><i>Blue</i>, 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839020029http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22839020029Fri, 11 May 2012 14:16:36 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v0szxmv31r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 5 <br/><i>Extra Storage,</i>2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838974760http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838974760Fri, 11 May 2012 14:14:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v0o6fBrz1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 3<br/><i>Every Day Object</i>, 2012<br/> Exhibited at Conglomeration 24th- 28th April 2012-05-11</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838894948http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838894948Fri, 11 May 2012 14:12:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v0l89wg61r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 2<br/><i>Spiral Light</i>, 2012<br/> Exhibited at BESTOW on 24-27th April 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838846269http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838846269Fri, 11 May 2012 14:10:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v0j7WvRt1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Day 1<br/> Windbreaker Art Commission- for the Crab and Lobster Festival, <br/> Exhibited at The Grove in Cromer 1st April until 22nd June 2012</p>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838813526http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838813526Fri, 11 May 2012 14:09:06 +0100Up to this stage in my practice all my work has involved careful planning and design decisions to...http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838731188http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838731188Fri, 11 May 2012 14:06:13 +0100Practice<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3r4uskizR1rrprafo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ecindesign.tumblr.com/post/22710373157" class="tumblr_blog">ecindesign</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>‘excentrique(s)’ by daniel buren for monumenta 2012<br/> all images © monumenta</p> <p><br/><strong><br/> Grand palais, paris, france<br/> open may 10th until june 21st, 2012</strong></p></blockquote>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838373562http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22838373562Fri, 11 May 2012 13:53:08 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3aq4kz4Fn1r9e97so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22122180049http://reinventingfurniture.tumblr.com/post/22122180049Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:12:00 +0100