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A SHOEBOX FULL OF DRESSES series (2011) showing 3 - 16 February 2012 at BSG *Please click thumbnail to view images 
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These dresses were made by friends of my grandpa: Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Burrows. Each Christmas my mum and aunty were given a shoebox of them, made from material off-cuts. This tradition was reignited once my sister and I had dolls, too. The dresses were made to fit everyone's dolls; my mum thinks great-aunty Ivey sneakily took the measurements and gave them to Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Burrows to make patterns from. After having my second baby, my mum and I were sorting through the things she'd kept all these years, deciding what we should keep and pass onto my boys. When I saw the dresses I knew I just had to document them to ensure their stories were not lost and forgotten. Since having children I feel an urgency to capture memories and document ones from the past for our family's future generations. I photographed them as I found them: complete with wrinkles, stains and traces of writing. I like that you can see the lives they have lead as the dresses hold so much history within their stitches. Everyone will find their own stories and meanings within them. 
All photographs in the a shoebox full of dresses series are a limited edition of five, 30 x 30 cm, and are printed onto thin stone and framed with reclaimed timber. The stone gives a slightly different finish for each individual piece meaning that all dresses are unique and the reclaimed timber bears the marks of history, as do the dresses. |
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