Claire Mc Dermott
Claire Mc Dermott is an artist and poet, who is interested in the physical aspect of plants; to understand their function and mechanism and how they interact with our atmosphere. As a transdisciplinary artisan and naturalist, she creates sculptures that embraces sustainability, cares for cultural identities, and respect Mother Earth. Her passion is ignited by her field observations of phenomena that she witnessed in nature, now detailed in two of her recently published poems. Her sculpture explores social and environmental concerns through artefacts and costumes. She uses macro photography to capture the essence of nature and draws as a method to formulate the data of her thinking.
McDermott graduated with HND in Design: Historic Decorative Crafts at De Montford University, Lincoln, a MA in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins, UAL, and an MRes from the school of Art and Humanities at the Royal College of Art with her thesis titled Happenings, Sightings and A Plumed Seed. She has exhibited at the Tate Exchange, Watford Museum, Cooke Latham Gallery, Beaconsfield Gallery and South Park Gallery. She was awarded funding by Arts Council, England, UAL’s Student Union, and the Gane Trust. McDermott’s microscopic hand-painted illustrations are held at Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland; her public sculpture ‘The Meeting Tree’ is installed at Newton Farm Ecology Park, London.
McDermott graduated with HND in Design: Historic Decorative Crafts at De Montford University, Lincoln, a MA in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins, UAL, and an MRes from the school of Art and Humanities at the Royal College of Art with her thesis titled Happenings, Sightings and A Plumed Seed. She has exhibited at the Tate Exchange, Watford Museum, Cooke Latham Gallery, Beaconsfield Gallery and South Park Gallery. She was awarded funding by Arts Council, England, UAL’s Student Union, and the Gane Trust. McDermott’s microscopic hand-painted illustrations are held at Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland; her public sculpture ‘The Meeting Tree’ is installed at Newton Farm Ecology Park, London.
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I made comparisons with my field observations (which I renamed as ‘sightings’) and Allan Kaprow's development of art happenings, as both phenomena could provide moments of enlightenment capable of transforming one’s perspective of the world.To avoid confusion, I explore these sightings through poems to give the essence of the event. I also talk about creating happenings while drawing, which creates a space of time where many thoughts become fluid.
I seek to form an understanding of the physiology of a plumed seed from the Asteraceae plant family. This includes the external influences the environment may have on it as the seed (also known as a fruit) floats to the ground. I compare three plumed seeds and ask what they look like to understand how they move in the air. This creates an overview of the physical morphology of the plumed seed, its function in aerodynamics and its ability to encapsulate air to aid its flight and how it can use an elastic hinge mechanism to open and shuts its feathery parachute (known as a pappus) in different measurements of humidity.
I made comparisons with my field observations (which I renamed as ‘sightings’) and Allan Kaprow's development of art happenings, as both phenomena could provide moments of enlightenment capable of transforming one’s perspective of the world.To avoid confusion, I explore these sightings through poems to give the essence of the event. I also talk about creating happenings while drawing, which creates a space of time where many thoughts become fluid.
I seek to form an understanding of the physiology of a plumed seed from the Asteraceae plant family. This includes the external influences the environment may have on it as the seed (also known as a fruit) floats to the ground. I compare three plumed seeds and ask what they look like to understand how they move in the air. This creates an overview of the physical morphology of the plumed seed, its function in aerodynamics and its ability to encapsulate air to aid its flight and how it can use an elastic hinge mechanism to open and shuts its feathery parachute (known as a pappus) in different measurements of humidity.