Pamina Stewart
Pamina Stewart creates sculptures from shells. The creatures made from shells that most people are familiar with are either mass produced in Asia, or comically crafted objects made by children in the UK after seaside excursions. The sculptures have a duality, referencing home craft and the mass produced products of an increasingly globalised world. They remind viewers of the classified zoological collections of the Victoria era and collected curiosities. While some viewers find the objects comical, an equal number find them sinister. The creatures are surreal objects; one animal made from what used to be the homes of many much smaller creatures. Kitsch definitely, unique and hand crafted but also with imagined personalities. Pamina has exhibited the animals and figures throughout the UK and internationally.