Blythe Plenderleith
About
Blythe Plenderleith studied BA Hons Sculpture and Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art (2017-2021). After achieving a first in her BA, Blythe was awarded The Cass Art Scholarship to complete her MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art (2021-2023), where she also gained a distinction for her thesis examining notions of perfection and making-do. Most recently, Blythe exhibited at RSA New Contemporaries 2023, Edinburgh, where she was the recipient of the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation Award 2023.
Statement
Blythe’s research and practice observes small town traditions of farming, harvesting, quilting, barn raising and furniture making thus aiming to redefine standards in an age of mass-production and cheap imitations. Drawing from her own experiences of community spirit and perhaps the darker underbelly of small town living, Blythe showcases a fascination with a certain mode of behaviour. Relishing the decorative arts of America as well as the traditions and techniques taken from her Scottish-American heritage, Blythe probes the terms craftsmanship, twee, needs-must and improving, questioning small town living and paying tribute to its historical matrix; necessity is the mother of all invention.
Try
Try
465 ceramic pie funnels, ceramic cat, 120 cm diameter
3 available + 1 artist proof
£8000
464 bought, encase 1 handmade pie funnel, which has been slip cast and reflects the 10% shrinkage in the making process. Either protected or surrounded by the cloud, the central pie funnel is overlooked by the iconography of a 60’s ornament.
Medium: 465 ceramic pie funnels, ceramic cat
Size: 120 cm diameter
Inertia
Inertia
Ivory wax, cast nails, 180 x 150 cm
3 available + 1 artist proof
£9000
Inertia is a 2 x 14-foot length of wax twisted and knotted into shape. It is fastened in place by 3 cast nails. Hanging on the wall it is the artist's exact measurements, hardened, fragile but woven for support and strength.
With huge thanks to Charles Farris Ltd
Medium: Ivory wax, cast nails
Size: 180 x 150 cm
Young Filly
Young Filly
A3 Lenticular
5 available + 1 artist proof
£3500
Young Filly attempts to observe moments of the fleeting, the closeness of the artificial and real life. It combines notions of shrine-making as a form of remembrance, love, forgiveness and death.
Medium: Lenticular
Size: A3
Notch
Notch
Cast onyx, oak, 50 x 50 x 10 cm
5 available + 1 artist proof
£9000
Notch is mass-produced Shaker inspired pegs or what some might call a rip-off combined with a child’s cowboy belt, cast in onyx powder.
Medium: Cast onyx, oak
Size: 50 x 50 x 10 cm
Ekphrasis
Ekphrasis
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope written by Mark Farrelly
Duration: 1:28
Medium: Video
Size: 1 minute 28 seconds
I, You, Never We
I, You, Never We
Beautiful Cosmos by Ivor Cutler
Duration: 2:02
Medium: Video
Size: 2 minutes 2 seconds
Real Not Genuine
Real Not Genuine
A2 Photograph
Can be bought framed or unframed
£350 framed
£250 unframed
15 available + 1 artist proof
With huge thanks to Thomas Ware & Sons Ltd
Medium: Photography
Size: A2
Half Hide
Half Hide
A2 Photograph
Can be bought framed or unframed
£350 framed
£250 unframed
15 available + 1 artist proof
With huge thanks to Thomas Ware & Sons Ltd
Medium: Photography
Size: A2
Secondary
Secondary
Secondary is a toy gun projector that invites viewers to pick the gun up and pull the trigger to view the faces of the 13 individuals killed in the Columbine shooting.
Not for sale
Medium: Toy gun projector
Size: 40 x 15 x 10 cm