After two years in the making 'Wearer Unknown' finally went on show as part of the EAST exhibition Paradigm Shift at the Grundisburgh House Gallery near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
The work is made up (so far) of 12 plaster cast shoes inspired by my original discovered clogs which walk on a path of 24 (so far) hexagons
As they are all separate pieces they can be moved around and shown in different ways depending on the venue
In a smaller venue just the shoes could be shown
Each shoe has been cast from one of the originals and then 'crusted' and rusted to give an antique feel
Each hexagon represents a shoe recorded on the Concealed Shoes register held by the Northampton Shoe Museum and includes the CSI number or location of the find.
The hexagons have also been rusted
'Paradigm Shift' will move to The Minories Gallery in Colchester in April 2027 and be shown in a much larger space. So the plan is to continue adding both shoes and hexagons over the next few months.
I will also contact the Northampton Shoe Museum to see if they might be interested in showing the work
