My Name:
Frances Rookes
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Location:
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Artwork Count:
4
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Joined On:
Oct 15, 2008
About Me
I live and work in New Plymouth,Taranaki, New Zealand.
I worked as a silkscreen artist for 8 years and spent 9 years in Early Childhood Education. In 2002 I completed a 3 year Fine Arts Diploma and for the past 6 years have been creating works for exhibition.
The wire forms I purposely recreate are deliberately feminine or relate to activities seen traditionally as female. I draw on my life experience to discuss my ideas visually.
I work predominantly with knitted copper wire, but wil... more