Mapping

Ann Jordan’s work is often site-responsive, that references both our historical and contemporary cultures and includes mapping our personal and community identities.

​Cityscape
Swansea was vertically mapped through from observational drawings of the skyline made while walking around the city. These were interpreted as paintings, prints and textile works.

Cityscape 1 (Sample: thread and pigment)

Fancity 2 (Thread & polyester 1000x2000cm) 2014

Appcity 1 (Monoprint and pen)

Wool Drawing, Pottery Tunnel 2017

Current work sees a return to work with the medium of sheep’s fleeces. The wool
Age old techniques and processes are integral to the physical body of the work that addresses issues within a contemporary context. 
Ann aims to create a relationship between the domestic, private space and the public siting of the work whilst allowing the observer to reappraise their own views of familiar crafted processes and places.

Bed Rock, 2017 emulates the geological  strata of an eroding cliff-face caused by the forces of nature and the rise in sea levels due to global warming, exacerbated . by human activities. Here the softness of the wool, woven and felted, alludes to the fragile nature of our planet.

Bedrock (peg woven & felted fleeces. 418x522cm). 2017

The series Sense of Place, 2016, has also been constructed from sheep fleeces that have been scoured, manipulated and felted, with added stitching mapping the three dimensional geological landscapes. They are ambiguous in that they can appear to resemble an aerial perspective, and emerging 
Imagined places.  ​

Sense of Place 1 (Felted Fleece 108x195 cm)

Sense of Place 3 (Felted Fleece 120x195 cm)

Sense of Place 2 (Felted Fleece 140x130cm)

Sense of Place 4 (Felted Fleece 145x130cm )

​Details of Sense of Place Series