Daisy Collingridge is an artist with an education in fashion design and a practise driven by craft. Her multi-disciplinary work investigates of the human form as the central theme. The work sits in an awkward space between, sculpture, performance and art.
Daisy Collingridge’s practice celebrates and interrogates the human form, blending sculpture, photography, and performance to craft a deeply tactile and evocative exploration of the body. Her work delves into the anatomy of flesh, exaggerating limbs and organic forms while rendering the unseen structures of the body into tangible, physical expressions. Fascinated by the notion that we are all composed of internal structures we have little understanding of, Collingridge turns the inside out, transforming the invisible into visible, and pairing the body’s wet, organic reality with the soft, comforting textures of fabric.
Collingridge’s sculptures are crafted from meticulously hand-dyed jersey fabric in hues of pink, ochre, yellow, and orange, mimicking muscle and flesh through a layering process that imbues the soft cloth with a surprising sense of structure and rigidity. These genderless, universal forms emphasize that beneath the surface, all bodies are composed of the same essential elements. By wearing these suits herself, Collingridge animates her creations through performance, allowing her work to straddle the boundaries between costume and creature, static object and dynamic entity.
