Tea Dragons and a Slinky
Irish Breakfast dragon - used tea bag tags, string, coat hanger wire and copper wire - 42cm l x 18.5cm h x 18cm w - 2007
Natures cuppa dragon - natures cuppa tea bag labels and string, coathanger wire, copper wire - 48cms l x 18cms h x 25cms wide - 2007
Lady Grey Dragon - lady grey tea bag labels, string, coathanger wire, copper wire - 50cm l x 13.5m h x 20 cms w - 2007
English Breakfast Dragon - English Breakfast tea bag labels, string, coathanger wire, copper wire - 37cms l x 13cms h x 18cms w - 2007
"Slinky" used tea bags and fencing wire, weights - 57cm h x 15.5 deep x 14c, wide - 2007
detail - Slinky - used tea bags, fencing wire, coathanger, copper wire, weights, 2007
black currant tea hat - used tea bags, tea and pva glue - 10cms h x 30cms circumference - 2006
black currant tea hat - used tea bags, tea and pva glue - 10cms h x 30cms circumference - 2006
These works are from the ‘dialogues’ exhibition examining the use of recycled tea bags.
As mentioned, these works explore the beauty of repetition. The repetition of the tea making, the repetition of the pulling apart of the tea bag. The repetition of the labels.
The labels started to build up… what could be made from them…. Dragons, hats…
Slinky is the repeat of the tea dragons, but with the tea bag repetition.
