Statu(t)es #2, 2025
Homemade rotten blackberry ink
15cm x 10cm
Kate Sweeney
Statu(t)es #2 is part of an ongoing series that is a response to the growing legal and social animosity directed at LGBT+ families. Sweeney makes visible the ways lesbians and queer people produce babies and make families to affirm, celebrate, as well as defy attempts to deny this existence
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I still have some drawings for sale. All roughly between A5 and A2 and done with homemade inks and stains... ive put a couple here but DM me if you are interested in seeing any more etc
Looking forward to @ouseburnopenstudios@36lime on the weekend of 29 and 30 November. 10-5pm. New work to look at talk about buy
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image 1: half a person who couldn't dive into a selfie in 5 seconds AND smile, stood next to a drawing of massive boobs
image 2: a selection of A4 ink studies
image 3: an A4 study of lesbian division of labour
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. #making #babies #queer #reproduction #spores #drips #dirt #stains #drawing #painting #kinship #research #scienceish #diyink #homecolours #threed #studio #lgbt #lesbianparents #watercolour
petiole
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20 x 28cm cherry iron rain
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part of series of small drawings for looking at and buying, at the next @ouseburnopenstudios at @36lime in November. @bethan_maddocks will be back and in the studio also! What a lovely weekend that will be x
#homecolours #tobetwo #diyink #paper #queerparenting #beyondblood #cherry #bone #drawing #water planting #rust #studio
#rageboobs I'm making some new huge works, and I'll be getting them out for a couple of fun things coming up
this is about 2 metres by 1.5 metres
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#makingbabies #scienceish #reproduction #queerecology #lesbianmums #queerparents #wip #wildcherry #cherrystones #felttips #rustybits #drawing #homecolours #diyink #studio
I loved drawing these bees and mantises for this film commission focussing on research by Dr Vivek Nityananda and Dr Theo Robert @newcastleuni into the attention span of insects in the context of their changing habitats with @capapiecreative earlier this year. It also has a gorgeous soundtrack by the very talented @romayagnik
You can watch the full film at the link in my bio
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I'm open for commissions too. Send me a sign if you might be interested 🔮
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#bees #prayingmantis #climatechange #critters #attention #stress #insects #commission #animation #drawing #paper #pencils #filmmaking
Being exhibition @vanegallery finishes this Saturday.
I'll be in conversation at the gallery tonight 6-7.30pm with @ali.c.from.the.ne3 talking about hands and rubbing and other bits dripping off etc
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#exhibition #being #tobetwo #threed #homemadeink #paper #drawing #queerecologies #lesbianmum #beyondblood #bigness
Being. Thanks @vanegallery for inviting me to exhibit with @ali.c.from.the.ne3 .
We are hanging the show today, opening weds 12th 5-8pm and the show is on until 5th April (see Vane website for times etc)
Ali and I are doing a talk at the gallery on the 2nd April. Be great to see people over the month!
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#being #exhibition #gateshead #tobetwo #diyink
excuse me and I hope it's not obtuse of me to ask but is that thin streak urine?
Great conversations at #openstudios @36lime street last week about my diagrams of lesbian production. I still have these ones left for **sale**. DM me if you fancy one
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1 - 'production #6' 28x20cm dead elder and tangerine
2 - 'reach #2' 76x57cm elderberry
3 - 'production #7' 28x20cm blackberry, washer and tangerine
4 - 'throw up' 28x20cm dead elder and grass
5 - 'reach #3' 76x57cm elderberry
6 - 'production #11' 28x20cm blackberry and tangerine
#homemadeink #paintings #stayingwiththetrouble
#queerkinship #lesbianmum #drawing #paper #queerecologies #artresearch #lesbianproduction #beyondblood
All ready for @ouseburnopenstudios openstudios @36lime Street this weekend. I have work up and Bethan, who is on maternity, is present, gently rotating in the background...
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@bethan_maddocks
#tobetwo #homemadeink #threed
