Oriel Canfas

Lle i bopeth A place for everything

solo show: photo visual, installation.

funded by the Arts Council of Wales.

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Cardiff School of Art

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the tea cups should never be stacked

the tea cup, particularly the pink tea cup and a particular green one will be found throughout my work....for, I expect much more than 10 years, it's been 9 already........

exploration of (s)(p)lace

2 hour exploration of a stairwell, including with a blindfold. A camera was left and people were free to take photographs. An alarm clock rang at the end of the session.

UWIC, Howard Gardens, Caerdydd

possible/impossible transformation

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a careful experiment in possible/impossible transformation in the courtyard, UWIC, Howard Gardens, Cardiff from 14.00 until it is finished or failed.

chrysalis, 1. a quiescent pupa of a butterfly or moth 2. a preparatory transitional state (L f. Gk khrusallis - idos f. khrusos gold) cocoon, a silky case spun by many insect larvae for protection as pupae.


I sewed myself into the fabric but the thread only went over the body not under. I went right up my torso and neck and some of my arms before sewing myself into it.
To release myself I cut the fabric only, I am very flexible of the arm (of the body, hyper mobility they call it) and could get the scissors to behind my head. I then cut down the back of body and limbs and emerged. It was very peaceful and concentrated, with a passing audience. Slightly damp. No-one saw me emerge.

Self Portrait

the land in the body, the body in the land

Shown at:
CAT Show, Caerdydd, Cymru Wales 1999
Wrth Fy Modd, Oriel Mwldan, Aberteifi, Cymru/Wales December 2004