‘Frames of Mind is one part of an ongoing investigation into the feelings surrounding experiences of sexual abuse.
Glass magnolia blossoms are used to sketch ideas of a purity that’s been interrupted by sexual assault, as well as a seething rage that blooms from continued and repetitive experiences of trauma.
Each series explores a different way of dispersing these emotions, whether it be through transforming symbolic objects through shattering acts of violence, letting the feelings consume themselves, or allowing them to dissipate to a place where they might create something more beautiful. ‘
Artist Bio:
Dirt Child Design is a bespoke glass studio owned and operated by Kelda Morris, an internationally award-winning glass artist.
A born and bred Wellingtonian, she spent seven years living and studying in Canberra, Australia, where she fell in love with the landscape whilst working towards her BA(Hons) at the Australian National University. Currently she spends most of her time casting glass, designing jewellery, and teaching in her private studio at Nautilus Creative Space, an artist-led not-for-profit community in an old mechanic’s shed on the wild South Coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
“Glass is a tool with which I capture and sculpt light.
I am particularly curious about the relationships between the natural world and our sense of belonging and identity, as well as the reflective nature of the pathways of landscape and the pathways of our minds. “
