Rebecca George

Hyperbolic. Excessive, exaggerated. Non-Euclidean geometry. Negative curvature where parallel lines diverge. Hyperbolic shapes occur in nature as cells divide and grow. Hyperbolic granny squares. With discarded, donated or reworked threads, I experiment with patterns and shapes. With textiles, ceramics and printing, I explore materials, materiality and memory. The memory of textiles imprinted onto paper or cast into porcelain. Textiles are flexible, reversible and biodegradable. When cast in porcelain they become rigid, frozen, permanent and fragile. I bring an engineering and manufacturing background to my art practice. To me it’s a process and I learn to control the inputs but cannot control the output. In the tradition of Arts and Crafts, Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, I am a maker. I value craft. My installations are interventions within the architecture of a space.