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    Sculpture.
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    Tail Of Tales, Scarlett Rose Pochet, 2024, latex, metal rods, waxen ribbons, 350 x 60 x 60 cm

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    Print of object against a red satin background.
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    Silken Beauty III, Scarlett Rose Pochet, 2024, photographic print of made object on Somerset photo satin 300gsm paper, 33 x 22 cm

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    Large banner legs and belly at the bottom, organic appearance at the top.
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    La Danse Joyeuse (The Dance of Joy), Scarlett Rose Pochet, 2024, print on silk satin, ​​200 x 80 cm

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    Photograph of a person wearing a dress made from agar, coffee, hemp and empty snail shells and chain mail,
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    Oyster Eater in Her Snail Mail, Scarlett Rose Pochet, 2022, dress made from agar, coffee, hemp and empty snail shells and chain mail, dimensions vary

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    Photo of sculpture of horned head made from fabric hanging from ceiling (detail).
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    Tooled Up (detail shot), Scarlett Rose Pochet, 2023, fabric from old clothes, rose thorns, wire, latex, dimensions vary

    ©the artist

Scarlett Rose Pochet – BA/BFA

I explore ideas around decay/preservation, protection/vulnerability and embellishment/fashion with regards to the female body, often through a still life lens. I attempt to re-establish new narratives, highlighting the importance of ‘the tale’ and the power of education through storytelling.

Motifs of stomachs and eggs often appear in works, symbolising points of origin and fertility, where new discourses are birthed and old ones decay. Such symbols which swell and hatch, reflect and transgress both contemporary and historical pressures and boundaries imposed upon the body. Taking from personal experiences, where one is preyed upon for not fitting a desired ‘look’, I embed cage like structures and tied ribbons, alluding to passed fashions such as the crinoline skirt and corsetry.

I create hybrid figures using experiments and casts of found objects printed as banners, which become advocators and protectors of positive narratives which escape the ‘frame’ and celebrate.