Taydellinen ympyra
Mother Art: text by Saara Sillanpää and Helen Sargeant, article, Pages 22- 25, Tampere Arts Association Magazine.
M(other) & Son: arts residency to Finland blog
In September 2016 me and my son spent 14 days as artists in residence at Takahuhti Artcenter, Tampere, Finland, supported by Nicola Smith’s We Are Resident project and funded by the Arts Council. I posted writing and images each day throughout the duration of our residency on the M(other) & Son blog.
Tampere sanitary towel drawing
Made whilst caring and collaborating with my son during the M(other) & Son arts residency n Tampere, Finland. I recently found this in my box of documents and art work in the studio, and really liked it as I felt it captured the fleeting nature of our time together in Tampere. Art made with a...
M(other) & Son: Finland smart phone drawings
Drawings made in collaboration with my youngest son on my smart phone during the M(other) & Son residency to Tampere, Finland.
Mummy’s Tummy
Me and my youngest son Naoise (aged six) played a drawing game in a book. He drew babies in the tummy’s of my mummy’s and I drew babies in the tummy’s of his mummy’s.
The Consultation
The Consulation depicts Sargeant manipulating a child's cuddly toy and enacting a visit to the doctors