{"id":7227,"date":"2023-05-17T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/?page_id=7227"},"modified":"2023-05-17T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:56:51","slug":"daisy-dickens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/daisy-dickens\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Dickens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7227\" class=\"elementor elementor-7227\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68badaf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"68badaf3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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href=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\">2023 <\/a>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/#MA\">BA<\/a> \u2192 Daisy Dickens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d9ed4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d9ed4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3269c5e8\" data-id=\"3269c5e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section 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elementor-size-default\">Daisy\tDickens\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57e9566a\" data-id=\"57e9566a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43636ed elementor-shape-square e-grid-align-left elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"43636ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-f7de57a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daisydickens.art\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b9d68b6\" data-id=\"1b9d68b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c55c340\" data-id=\"2c55c340\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-325ac989 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"325ac989\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44e14776\" data-id=\"44e14776\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30eca54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30eca54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dickens-D.-1-2-scaled-q6ljds5uz6t731k9ikq4vjyy263pqa504s1oegf0js.jpeg\" title=\"Dickens, D. 1\" alt=\"Dickens, D. 1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hit Me Gently, crochet sculpture, 250 cm x 100 cm, 2021<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-308f2544\" data-id=\"308f2544\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230c106b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"230c106b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With my practice, I want to dissect and interrogate the idea of gendered work, specifically through the use of objects and processes which traditionally seem to hold these norms within them. The ridiculousness of these dated concepts forms the basis of my creative ideation, and I wish to subvert these gendered norms, to consider how gender functions in the contemporary creative industry. <br \/><br \/>And so, my work heavily involves crochet and other textiles (processes which have often been deemed a \u2018feminine\u2019 craft) to create sculptural objects of a figurative nature, with a semi-satirical spin to them.<br \/><br \/>By using my techniques of choice, crochet and knitting mainly, the softness of the fabric often contradicts the functionality of objects as well, i.e., making large, heavy, and almost brutal items softer and benign. I have also further explored this relationship in the opposite direction, by weaving harder, more heavy-duty materials into blankets and tapestries.<br \/><br \/>The investigation of these contradictions in physical properties and gender connotations result in my amusing, tactile, weird, and exaggerated artworks. I hope you enjoy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-109992ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"109992ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d71af71\" data-id=\"6d71af71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f972c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f972c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dickens-D.-2-scaled-q6ljdwv1xczmp3dfr4r9q0s913gjsrnntfb3su81oo.jpg\" title=\"Dickens, D. 2\" alt=\"Dickens, D. 2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Suck and Blow, crochet scuplture, 115 cm x 30 cm, 2022<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fc74f01\" data-id=\"6fc74f01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242827d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"242827d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dickens-D.-3-scaled-q6lje2i18l1jwmx2pxwyriuhm61m05f8wql0hu2b60.jpeg\" title=\"Dickens, D. 3\" alt=\"Dickens, D. 3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hit Me Gently, crochet sculpture, 250 cm x 100 cm, 2021<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e494d6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e494d6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ba760a7\" data-id=\"5ba760a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc1450d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bc1450d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dickens-D.-4-q6lje5blmvb7ll15dqewugnedkauq1l8ul6h4bvi4o.jpg\" title=\"Dickens, D. 4\" alt=\"Dickens, D. 4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Waited Blanket, String and hexagon steel nuts, 100 cm x100 cm, 2022<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2807a83\" data-id=\"2807a83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4dd876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4dd876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/elementor\/thumbs\/Dickens-D.-5-q6lje778solx3e4yzx1geh5ywua5rkk68je3yfugso.jpeg\" title=\"Dickens, D. 5\" alt=\"Dickens, D. 5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Knitting for good! Multimedia, 170 cm x 130 cm, 2023<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 \u2192 BA \u2192 Daisy Dickens Daisy Dickens Instagram Hit Me Gently, crochet sculpture, 250 cm x 100 cm, 2021 With my practice, I want to dissect and interrogate the idea of gendered work, specifically through the use of objects and processes which traditionally seem to hold these norms within them. The ridiculousness of these &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/daisy-dickens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Daisy Dickens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7237,"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7227\/revisions\/7237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitesb.reading.ac.uk\/art-degree-show-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}