Jemma Copland

The Beauty in the Nothing is a collection of various objects and routes that I’ve gathered over a typical month in my life. Whether a piece of rubbish from my lunch or a trip home, I used these “objects” as markers of a typical mundane event in my life. We don’t often see the mundane as beautiful or important, but these smaller moments in life can be imperative to help us appreciate larger milestones in our lives and help us stay grounded in our existence. By embroidering these objects, I wanted to highlight their importance as remnants of a past event, that might take place again in the future; where these actions and events could turn into a habit.

The lines on the maps and the number of objects presented indicate how many times I have taken those routes or used the objects. The embroidery on the objects highlights the details of those mundane events. So in turn, the events become a part of the artwork. This way, I turn the mundane into art.