Jennie Suddock wants to bring other people\u2019s experiences into her art (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cIt sort of materialized to be about this idea of a tree house as a place to really make one\u2019s own space,\u201d says Suddick. \u201cIt was kind of connected to both that urge for a sense of autonomy, but also thinking about how this quintessential idea of childhood is one most of us have, and yet we kind of dream of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThose dreams started to become a reality for Suddick when she started spending hours and hours in the studio\u2014working mainly with paper and glue\u2014to create the models. The process of creating models from others\u2019 sketches made Suddick think of herself as a contractor, she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked at where there were similarities, or also where things were really unique in people\u2019s designs, and what I was drawn to,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of them are hybrids of different people\u2019s ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Architectural models are Suddick\u2019s medium of preference because of what they represent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI like working with architectural models as an aesthetic because architectural models have this promise of something that is possible,\u201d says Suddick. \u201cIt kind of makes it seem like this is a proposition\u2026 And then also just creating the model itself. It is a realization of these people\u2019s ideas.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nShe has to find a balance between what is possible with what she has to work with and what seems impossible, she says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThere are some that are just hanging in the air and don\u2019t look like buildings until you see the shape formed by the shadows; so\u00a0 <\/span>I take on the challenges as well as ones that might not really be possible,\u201d says Suddick. \u201cBut yet, I still want to make them tangible for the people in some way.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFrom material explorations to paper folding, gluing, and cutting, Suddick works long hours in her studio and says a key part to the creative process is getting out into the world and getting feedback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve learnt a lot about myself, that I really like to have that community around me and let things form through discussion. I think a lot of artists work that way,\u201d says Suddick. \u201cIt\u2019s just in many varying degrees. If you share a studio with someone, or you\u2019ve been in school, they\u2019re working a lot with expanding ideas through the conversations with others.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSuddick says that while she would love to have the models made into full-size tree houses, there are no definite plans for that yet, as that comes with complications, such as where she will put the large tree houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plans are my dreams,\u201d she says. \u201cIf there\u2019s anyone out there who hears about this or sees the exhibition that would like to make that possible\u2026 there\u2019s definitely the potential there. I would love that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tree House Project
\n<\/i>Until Saturday, July 28
\nFree (donations welcome), Open Space
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