SIÂN TORRINGTON - Sculptures

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SIÂN TORRINGTON – Sculptures

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Connection is always possible (2022)
Wood, silk, cotton, silk thread ,wool,
canvas, acrylic, trims, bias binding
930 x 415 x 190mm
221020Connection is always possible 2022 mixed media 900 x 400 x 200mm new
Drawn place (2022)
Wood, silk, cotton, silk thread, wool, canvas,
acrylic, sequins, trims, cotton bias binding
875 x 360 x 70mm
221020 Drawn Place 2022 mixed media 900 x 350 x 60mm a
Open Body (2022)
Silk, canvas, leather, rope, knitting,
wool, thread, wood, paint
1430 x 800 x 600mm
Open Body Detail 5 2022 Silk, canvas, leather, rope, knitting, wool, thread, wood, paint 1430 x 800 x 600mm b
Easy hold club (2022)
Wood, silk, cotton, silk thread, wool, canvas,
acrylic, sequins, trims, bias binding
1100 x 230 x 100mm
221020 Easy Hold Club 2022 mixed media 1100 x 230 x 100mm new
Binding Bridge (2022)
Wood, paint brush, silk, cotton, silk thread,
wool, canvas, acrylic, trims
340 x 460 x160mm
221020 Binding Bridge 2022 mixed media 340 x 460 x 160mm
Handhold (2022)
Boxed sculpture - Wood, silk, cotton, silk thread, wool
canvas, acrylic paint, sequins, trims, cotton bias binding
360 x 340 x 110mm
221020 Boxed Handhold 2022 mixed media 360 x 340 x 110mm new
Lifting (2022)
Boxed sculpture - wood, silk, cotton, silk thread, wool,
canvas, acrylic, sequins, trims, cotton bias binding
390 x 290 x 110mm
221020 Boxed Lifting 2022 mixed media 390 x 290 x 110mm new
Collection (2020)
Mini-sculpture/brooch
Fabric, glitter, citton thread, wool
sequins, beads and acrylic
140 x 110 x 30mm
Collection, 110 x 140 x 30mm, fabric, glitter, cotton thread, wool, sequins,beads, acrylic paint, 2020
Curve (2020)
Mini-sculpture - silk, velvet, canvas
cotton thread, wool and acrylic
120 x 90 x 20mm
Curve, 90 x 120 x 20mm, silk velvet, canvas, cotton thread, wool, acrylic paint, 2020
Gathering (2020)
Mini-sculpture
Silk, cotton thread, wool, acrylic
110 x 70 x 5mm
Gathering, 70 x 110 x 5mm, silk, cotton thread, wool, acrylic paint, 2020
Cutout (2020)
Mini-sculpture
Fabric, glitter, cotton thread, wool, acrylic
110 x 90 x 5mm
Cutout, 90 x 110 x 5mm, fabric, glitter, cotton thread, wool, acrylic paint, 2020
Tiny (2020)
Mini-sculpture/brooch
cotton, cotton thread, wool, acrylic
65 x 60 x 15mm
Tiny, 60 x 65 x 15mm, cotton, cotton thread, wool, acrylic paint, 2020
SIÂN TORRINGTON - Sculpture

Born in Bristol in 1977, Wellington-based artist, Siân Quennell Torrington graduated BA in Philosophy, Otago University (1998) Diploma Fashion and Textiles, NMIT (2001), and MFA with Distinction, Fine Arts, Massey University (2010). With numerous solo and group shows to her credit, her work has been commissioned for public art institutions including Soft is Stronger than Hard (City Gallery Wellington), The Way You Have Held Things (Christchurch Art Gallery), and the Public Art Fund, Wellington.

Torrington’s sculptures comprise pieces and fragments lovingly bound, stitched and layered together to make new wholes. In a constantly changing world, what has remained stable for Torrington is practice – working through expressive movement and opening up the body to keep discovering new feelings and spaces – “not getting stuck on what we thought we knew”.

Exploring interconnectivity, relationships and possibilities, Torrington works with the physicality of paint, pastels, and an array of materials. Using methods such as play, rearranging and attachment, she has spent time practising how to stay open, receptive, curious and flexible – “in these difficult times, we must use our imaginations to create new forms of connection, to hold together and show care”. In Torrington’s works, we see fluidity in paint that has been dripped, scooped and squashed, bulging where it has been tied down, pushing out to create new forms. We see challenge, tension and effort in stitched lines drawn by machine and by hand – needle and thread wielded to create connection and strength. Through an expressive language of colour, intense layering builds strength. There is also a lightness to this body of work – a new ability to breathe after the breath-holding of the last few years.

Torrington’s visual language has many elements underpinned by a belief that connection is always possible. The connections that are made through these works show us the effort that is required – the binding of tenuous bridges that need strengthening, and hundreds of stitches used to bring us closer.