REFUSING EXCLUSION, BY DELAINE LE BAS

As a Romani, my viewpoint has always been that of the outsider, and this position of the 'other' is reflected in the materials and messages within my work. We live in a culture of mixed values and garbled messages. My works are crafted from the disregarded and disparate objects of the car boot sale and the charity shop. A bricollage of materials. Employing the materials of the everyday, all formed together in a manner that allows them to be precious yet reclaimed.