| Serena Partridge |
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Based in Yorkshire, UK
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| About the Artist |
Serena distorts scale and proportion to create fantastical miniature pieces of attire from an imagined collection. She renders these curios more mysterious by encasing them as if museum aquisitions, complete with fictional labels. |
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Evening Gloves
2006 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Glove length, 29 cm |
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'Evening gloves of white kid embellished with flowering nettles and roses. Reputed to have belonged to a young queen by the name of Elisa.' |
Ella's Slippers
2006 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Shoe size, 10.5 cm |
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'Pair of delicate evening mules, French. Date unknown. One of the shoes is marked on the heel and toe by what appears to be blood.' |
Blue Silk Mules
2008 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Shoe size, 10.5 cm |
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'Pair of lady's blue silk mules, French. Given by the family of the late Miss Penelope Cole' |
Embroidered Gloves
2008 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Glove length, 9 cm |
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'Pair of elaborately embroidered gloves, with metal thread and seed pearls. Trimmed with gilt lace.' |
Wedding Shoe
2008 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Shoe height, 32 cm |
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'Kid leather bar shoe with cut steel buckles and ivory trim. Reputedly worn by Lady Mary Howard on the occasion of her wedding in 1897'. |
Silk Stockings
2006 Mixed-media, hand-stitched Stocking length, 46 cm |
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'Silk stockings embroidered with blood-red clocks and a peacock feather. The initial is believed to represent Karen.' |
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| Education and biography |
BA(Hons) Design Crafts, First Class;
Hereford College of Arts |
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| Future shows |
Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
7th Sept - 31st Oct 2009
www.ysp.co.uk/view.aspx?id=689
Origin, The London Craft Fair
Somerset House, London
6th - 11th Oct 2009
www.craftscouncil.org.uk/origin09
Affordable Art Fair (represented by art-file)
Battersea Park, London
22nd - 25th Oct 2009
www.affordableartfair.com
The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, Leeds
7th Nov 2009 - 16th Jan 2010
www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk/all_i_want_for_christmas_ii.html
Bankfield Museum, Halifax
14th Nov 2009 - 10th Jan 2010
Meet the Artist in Residence
Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate
19th - 22nd Nov 2009
pinpointsharrogate.blogspot.com/
Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
27th Nov 2009 - 9th Jan 2010
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Website: www.serenapartridge.co.uk |
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