I CREATE ART THAT AWAKENS WOMEN’S SACRAL POWER
I am drawn to the idea that as artists, we are the channels for artworks to be born. That there are realms where those beings dwell and somehow get expressed through us, their unique language being brush strokes, paper cut outs, clay or wool. As Clarissa Pinkola Estés puts it in Women who run with the wolves, one brings “an image from the unseen world into being”.
My work comes from a deeply spiritual place, I draw from my meditation practice to generate a state in which those images “from the unseen” come to me in the form of daydreams and intuitive creation. I believe that art is a sacred practice, and that artworks act as talismans, beings that are independent from the artist’s identity.
My work speaks of a desire to reconciliate the Divine Feminine with the Divine Masculine, as well as the sacred with the profane. I create art that awakens women’s sacral power, much like the medieval figurines carved into church stones called “Sheela na Gig”, depicting a naked woman displaying her exaggerated vulva. I am called to speak of both the Womb as the Divine place of all Creation, as well as the Vulva as the sensual centre of a woman’s experience of the world. I believe that women getting in touch with their sacral power is key to the evolution of human consciousness, inside all of the challenges that we face at this moment in time.
I work with mixed-media collage, drawing and painting, as well as soft sculpture -using wool, paper, clay, beads, fabrics to name a few-. My love for 3 dimensional textile works comes from my studies in fashion design, where I explore a tactile and sensual approach to making. I love to create, relishing watching an artwork being birthed, and I am always experimenting with new techniques and materials, mixing them into delightful concoctions.
Blandine is a French born artist, who works and lives in London, South Norwood. Blandine has an MA in Painting from the Glasgow School of Art, where she developed her love for painting, drawing and soft sculpture. She originally studied a BA Fashion Design Womenswear at Central Saint Martins in London, and after graduating she created a jewellery collection which was center stage in the Selfridges windows on Oxford Street. Blandine has hosted many art workshops as well as women circles. She is passionate about unlocking creative expression and spirituality so that participants can live a fuller, more joyful life.
I love to invite people into my studio, come and take a look!
If you are interested in purchasing any of my works, send me an email, I'd be happy to answer any questions. My artworks can also be purchased on SaatchiArt.
Portraits in the studio & video by Gregory Davies.
Watch below a short film about my studio practice
