Heidi Smith

Friday 27 October – Sunday 19 November

Opening Thursday 26 October, 6-8pm

Eddies are found in rivers where an obstacle interrupts the current. Opposing currents can create turbulence or they can progress a buoyant crafts journey.

Heidi Smith made these memory drawings in order to acknowledge moments in her life that have carried meaning into her subconscious. Working with a limited set of tools she explores the idea of obstacle, navigation, nature( animal, mineral and vegetable) and has created a series of personally symbolic drawings. The mixed media assemblages map the artists sensitivity to a materials purpose and potential. She finds answers in the action and outcome of crafting objects. They are rafts. The eddy and the flow is tender and expresses the inundation of imagination, experience and purpose.

About the Artist

Heidi Smith is an artist of Irish/Scottish heritage, who lives and works on unceded Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, Canberra ACT. She grew up in a family of artists, craftspeople, dress makers, gardeners and poets. Heidi has made art for over forty years, primarily creating drawings and textile installations that examine the role of the artist in society, their responsibilities, challenges and why we should cultivate creativity as an inherent personal and societal force for kindness and empathy. The eddy and the flow is an installation of drawings, garments and salvaged items, transposed into a survival kit and expression of subsistence.