My current work is an exploration of self, in relation to historic trauma and mental instability. I do this by creating loud and abstract tufted installations that monopolize a space, as if they demand to be talked about and will not be ignored. My work has an obvious colour scheme, of bold pinks and purples, this comes from an understanding and embrace of feminism. I am interested in undermining these colours by over-exposure, therefore re-appropriating and reclaiming them. My work is a form of “ambiguous expression,” this allows me to privately explore my own mental health, whilst also questioning how ambiguity affects the way my work is perceived. I am inspired by the work of Sarah Zapata, her textile installations with sculptural aspects display an understanding of many of the techniques I have used and learned throughout my degree. I am exploring how I can bring these techniques together within my current practice.
Mae fy ngwaith cyfredol yn archwilio’r hunan, yng nghyswllt trawma hanesyddol ac ansefydlogrwydd meddyliol. Rwy’n gwneud hyn drwy greu gosodiadau cudynnog uchel a haniaethol sy’n monopoleiddio gofod, fel petaent yn mynnu cael eu trafod a pheidio â’i hanwybyddu. Mae cynllun lliwiau amlwg i fy ngwaith, yn cynnwys lliwiau pinc a phorffor llachar, sy’n dod o ddealltwriaeth o ffeministiaeth a choflaid ohono. Mae gennyf ddiddordeb mewn tanseilio’r lliwiau yma drwy or-amlygiad, ac felly eu hail-gymeradwyo a’u hadennill. Ffurf o “fynegiant amwys” yw fy ngwaith, sy’n rhoi’r cyfle i mi archwilio fy iechyd meddwl fy hun yn breifat, wrth gwestiynu sut mae amwysedd yn effeithio ar y ffordd y canfyddir fy ngwaith. Rwyf wedi fy ysbrydoli gan waith Sarah Zapata, y mae ei gosodiadau tecstiliau a’i hagweddau cerfluniol yn arddangos dealltwriaeth o lawer o’r technegau rwyf wedi’u defnyddio a’u dysgu yn ystod fy nghwrs gradd. Rwy’n archwilio sut y gallaf dynnu’r technegau yma at ei gilydd o fewn fy ymarfer cyfredol.
• https://www.mkbloomfield.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/meganbloomart
