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Melanie Jordan

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Textural, sculptural artwork, thread-based crafts, natural dyeing.
MA Fine Art -UCA
Member of ArtCan

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This week, Interim welcomes @meljordan6936 to takeover the account 🎉 Melanie’s sculpture based practice has thread based hand craft at its core, serving as a reflection. The idea of repetitiveness through the process of making is imbedded into the work. A huge thank you to Melanie for the takeover this week - be sure to follow along! 🎉🥳
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Artist Statement: Melanie Jordan has a textural, haptic practice with thread-based hand crafts at its core. Such slow repetitive activities allow for reflective thought, being absorbing almost to the point of monotony. It is as though the boredom is a precursor to creativity. The process of making is embedded in Melanie’s work, and for her is as important as the outcome.

Melanie’s artwork pays attention to maternal ambivalence; the tension between the need to nurture, and feelings of entrapment in motherhood. Her work is informed by her personal perspective of being a mother of an adult with a learning disability, where the mother-child relationship becomes stuck in a dependent phase. Despite caring very much for her adult child, and wanting to support him through his journey to become a more independent adult, for such a mother there is an inner longing for a loosening of these maternal ties. A longing that is often accompanied by a sense of shame.

For Melanie the placenta is the root of the connection between a mother and child. This umbilical connection is physically severed at birth, but in truth this is really the beginning of the unpicking of the paradoxical tensions of motherhood. The process of stitching is equally contradictory, piecing through the fabric to create and repair. Melanie has been stitching soft umbilical scissors, that aptly sum up the ambivalence of wanting to nurture, but being trapped by the ongoing demands of motherhood.
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Instagram: @meljordan6936
Website: https://www.artymel.co.uk

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How creative you can get to the question "WHAT does it mean to be a woman?". Take a moment to survey this amazing collection to open call challenge issue #35 run by @haus_a_rest @jennafoxartist and @nicholarodgers.artist
Interesting answers and critiques. Check also the witting creative section (both the visual art and the writing is worth the read!)
https://www.haus-a-rest.com/issue-35-women
https://www.haus-a-rest.com/new-page-69

#Womanhood #visualart #fineart

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Coffee & Chat - February Edition

With the brilliant Emma Tweedie and Melanie Jordan - thank you so much for your time and for your wonderful generosity in sharing your inspirations and methods..
Have great weekends everyone!

@artcanorg @emmatweedieart @meljordan6936
#ArtCanOrg #ArtCanArtists #ArtsOrganisation #FemaleFounder #MyCreativeBiz #NonProfitFounder #SupportingArtists #ArtsNonProfit #ArtistsCommunity #Passionpreneur #CreativeFounder #ArtistsLife #WomenInTheArts #WorkingMother #WorkingMum #CreativeLeaders

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✨Artist spotlight✨

Today we are highlighting Melanie Jordan from our current program.

Melanie has a textural, haptic practice with thread-based hand crafts at its core. Such slow repetitive activities allow for reflective thought, being absorbing almost to the point of monotony. It is as though the boredom is a precursor to creativity. The process of making is embedded in Melanie’s work, and for her is as important as the outcome.

Melanie’s artwork pays attention to maternal ambivalence; the tension between the need to nurture, and feelings of entrapment in motherhood. Her work is informed by her personal perspective of being a mother of an adult with a learning disability, where the mother-child relationship becomes stuck in a dependent phase. Despite caring very much for her adult child, and wanting to support him through his journey to become a more independent adult, for such a mother there is an inner longing for a loosening of these maternal ties. A longing that is often accompanied by a sense of shame.

For Melanie the placenta is the root of the connection between a mother and child. This umbilical connection is physically severed at birth, but in truth this is really the beginning of the unpicking of the paradoxical tensions of motherhood. The process of stitching is equally contradictory, piecing through the fabric to create and repair. Melanie has been stitching soft umbilical scissors, that aptly sum up the ambivalence of wanting to nurture, but being trapped by the ongoing demands of motherhood.

#motherhood #artandmotherhood #maternalart #sculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #stitching #textiles #ukartist #visualarts #lookingatart #collectingart #arttocollect #internationalartist #femaleartist#womenartists #introducing #artistspotlight #emergingartists #abstractart #painting #newplatform #cohort

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There's art *everywhere* you look at our Winter Boutique, and it's only here for another couple of days!

We're open 10am - 6pm on Saturday 17th December, and you can catch us for a few hours on Sunday 18th before we have to pack up... We look forward to seeing you soon!

#originalart #affordableart #popupshop #putneyexchange #winterboutique #bobcatgallery #supportlivingartists #shopsmall #buylessbuybetterbuyhandmade #christmaspresents #giftideas #artforyourhome #artforeveryone #loveart #buyart

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Quick jaunt round the wonderful @bobcatgallery pop up shop in the @putneyexchange shopping centre, finishes this Sunday so get there soon, there is so much to see, something for everyone!
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Thanks so much to Cat for having my work in the mix, and for selling so well, ask her anything, she knows her stuff!
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Here are some of my faves (too many to show them all, I really loved some of the unframed pieces too, loads there at such reasonable prices, there are some absolute gems….)
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#bobcatgallery #affordableart #christmasshopping #artpopup #putneyexchange #artisforlifenotjustforchristmas #givethegiftofart #artcollective #artcanartists #popupshop

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Our climate change show Breathing Out opens next week and we thought we would share some of the amazing sculptural works we have in the show exploring nature, conservation and even the air we breathe.

Sylvie Millen
@sylviesew
Mandeep Dillon
@inbuilt_obsolescence
Sandra Camargo
@sandracamargo_sculptor
Melanie Jordan
@meljordan6936
Sabatin Bascoban
@space_sled

Please head on over to the #LinkInBio to get yourself a ticket to the private view on thr 8/11 for a tour of the show and a chat with the curators Hannah Pratt, Lawrence Mathias and Catherine Fenton

@hannahshpratt
@lawrencemathias
@catherinefenton

#ArtCanOrg
#ArtCan
#BreathingOut
#ClimateChange
#ClimateArt
#ArtForChange
#OnlineShow

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#favershamkent #creekcreative #kentexhibition #artexhibition #localgallery #watercolourpaintings #artgallery #watercolorart

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Coming up next for the last week of October & first week of November, we have a group exhibition of paintings, drawings, prints & textiles from Nicole Antras, Ros Corfield & Melanie Jordan - 'Corresponding Narratives - the threads that connect us' #NextUp (Tuesday 25th October - Sunday 6th November, Upper Gallery, closed Mondays).

Meet the artists -> 2 - 4pm Saturday 5th November #AllWelcome
Nicole @atalierantras +
Ros @roscorfieldartworks +
Melanie @meljordan6936

#ArtExhibition #GroupShow #Paintings #Drawings #Prints #Textiles #UpNext #CreekCreative #Faversham #SupportLocalArtists #DiscoverLocalTalent #AffordableArt #ArtForSale #MeetTheArtists #GroupExhibition #WomenArtists

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‘Breathing Out’, our climate change exhibition, opens on 6th November. This show takes place in our ArtCan Virtual Gallery so you can visit no matter where on this planet you reside. 😊

Want to join us for the private view on Tuesday 8th November? Then click the link in our bio and register on Eventbrite.

Breathing out is curated by @cathrinefentonart , @lawrencemathias9 and @hannashpratt

These teasers are details of works by
@lisa_pettibone
@meljordan6936
@sandracamargo_sculptor
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#sneakpeaks #ArtCanArtists #virtualgallery #breathingout #climateaction #climateart #theresnoplanetB #onlineexhibition #buyfromlivingartists #onlineevents #whereeveryouare

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Coŕresponding Narratives

A joint exhibition of works by Mel Jordan, Ros Corfield & Nicole Antras
Tuesday 25th October - Sunday 6th November at Creek Creative Studios, Faversham.
Meet the Artists 2 - 4 pm Saturday 5th November

with lunches, tea, coffee assorted beverages & cake available from the Gallery Kitchen Café.

#art #exhibition #drawing #prints #painting #textiles #gallery #artists #originalart #café

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There is always so much to choose from when it comes to the talent and brilliance of our #artcanartists , so here's a little selection of what some of them are up to at present... Do go and check out their profiles for more! And if you'd like to see a bigger selection of our artists, head over to our website and feast your eyes... You won't be disappointed!

Featured here:
@njgrindrod sold this gorgeous piece to a collector;
@kvduongart has been shortlisted for an art prize;
@heloiseokeeffe is participating in an exciting collaboration with @_epi_____ ;
@lesleyoldakerart has a wonderful studio setup and lots of new work on the go;
@meljordan6936 is busy creating an exciting new work;
@laurentnurisso is painting up a colourful storm, and
@amyleighbirdprints is showing us some behind the scenes footage for a new film featuring her work.

#allthetalent #multidisciplinary #artistssupportingartists #workinprogress #wip #supportlivingartists #checkoutourwebsite

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