For international women's day 2020 I created the first portrait of a series of pioneer women. This will be an annual celebration of female trailblazers.
Someone always has to pave the path for others to follow, and in this series of portraits I want to highlight these – more or less famous – women.
Someone always has to pave the path for others to follow, and in this series of portraits I want to highlight these – more or less famous – women.
The second pioneer I want to highlight is the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb, Henrietta Barnett
After having researched this fascinating North London suburb it became clear to me that the second pioneer woman had to be its founder, Henrietta Barnett.
She was so much more than a suburb's founder though, she was a social campaigner and worked to enhance the lives of the less privileged, mainly in Whitechapel.
She was so much more than a suburb's founder though, she was a social campaigner and worked to enhance the lives of the less privileged, mainly in Whitechapel.
When the Northern Line was extended to the Hampstead area and Golders Green she also extended her social work. As a result of that, Hampstead Garden Suburb has been dubbed a social and architectural experiment.
Source (and further reading): https://xularchitecture.co.uk/articles/history-hampstead-garden-suburb/
'When you picture Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London’s curious living experiment in twentieth century town planning, it’s tempting to focus on its individual architects - especially familiar names like Edwin Lutyens, Charles Voysey and Raymond Unwin. But in many ways the mastermind behind Hampstead Heath’s verdant new community at the start of the twentieth century was its founder: social reformer and educationalist Henrietta Barnett.'
India Whiteley, 2019 RIBA
(retrieved from https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/dame-henrietta-barnett)
Source (and further reading): https://xularchitecture.co.uk/articles/history-hampstead-garden-suburb/
'When you picture Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London’s curious living experiment in twentieth century town planning, it’s tempting to focus on its individual architects - especially familiar names like Edwin Lutyens, Charles Voysey and Raymond Unwin. But in many ways the mastermind behind Hampstead Heath’s verdant new community at the start of the twentieth century was its founder: social reformer and educationalist Henrietta Barnett.'
India Whiteley, 2019 RIBA
(retrieved from https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/dame-henrietta-barnett)
#projecthenriettabarnett
– a silent campaign to honour Henrietta Barnett, marked on International Women's Day 2021
– a silent campaign to honour Henrietta Barnett, marked on International Women's Day 2021
The tokens of Hampstead Garden Suburb
are imprints in paper clay of found organic objects, collected during walks in the suburb.
These were placed within the streets with a small note with #projecthenriettabarnett, on the 8th of March 2021. The next day I went back and collected all the tokens, inspired by walking artist Hamish Fulton's 'leave no trace'.
are imprints in paper clay of found organic objects, collected during walks in the suburb.
These were placed within the streets with a small note with #projecthenriettabarnett, on the 8th of March 2021. The next day I went back and collected all the tokens, inspired by walking artist Hamish Fulton's 'leave no trace'.
The Henrietta project was the first project where I utilised a walking app to track my activity. That became an eyeopener in terms of how I could use walking in my artwork in many ways. I also saw a face in my walked route of the area which I envisaged was Henrietta's face. I developed it as a monotype and used it in prints, both as a one layer print, but also in the larger piece Henrietta, which I showcased in the MA group show 'Almanac'.
title: Henrietta
technique: Monoprint – frottage print, monotype and collagraph on paper
created: spring 2021
size: 67x76 cm
created: spring 2021
size: 67x76 cm
Exhibited at Koeningsby Gallery, London, July 2021
