Yvette Bathgate

Bio: (she/her). based in Aberdeen.

Website: https://yvettebathgate.com/

Instagram: @yvettebathgate

Day 20
Tonal green image, mirrored vertically with the words "eco dying".

death by plant

Day 19
Muted grey, blue and purple digital image, edited visual, made up of eucalyptus leaves.

a ritual for a caterpillar

Day 18
Three images on gradient background, 1st: hand holding cleavers, 2nd: freshly painted picnic bench, 3rd fingers holding kale seed packet.

just gardening and bench painting

Day 17
Latex sheet stuck on window with blue sky in background. Latex is square shaped with cut-outs and pigment set within

same but different

Day 16
Image of girl in black wetsuit standing on rock in front of North sea.

today I just swam

Day 15
Grey square and squirmy marks, filled in off-white, soft blue-green and grey dust scatter surface, as well as small splinters of logwood.

Something to sit on

Day 14
Scan of eucalyptus leaf print on silk.

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Day 13
Four clay shapes on blue cutting board. Three shapes vaguely rectangular and one circular

Using up mouldy clay

Day 12
Two curries, a plate of naan, and four side dishes of coriander, onion, ginger and chili, sitting on a wooden table.

Chopping club with Navi Kaur

Day 11
Slightly crinkled silk that's been naturally dyed with a purple to yellow gradient, purple down the centre blending to yellow on the left and right.

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Day 10
eucalyptus leaves pressed between wet fabric and glass.

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Day 9
two sketches side by side; on left of teeth and gums composed vertically, on the right two sections of spine.

the bits left behind

Day 8
image of fabric in liquid, slightly distorted and green filter, with the letters s,t,i,r,r,i,n,g floating within.

stirring

Day 7
Digital image composed of layered images of ecoprints in colours of yellow, purple, mint and grey.

the myrtle

Day 6
Wax cast in kite-like shape; mica, moss ball, agate and graphite cast within. Object on buff-coloured background.

sunk

Day 5
Text on lavender background, text reads: She rolls her eyes back, like when a car speeds past exhaust fumes lingering in the mist captured within locks of dampened hair. As the wind gusts upward a metallic taste gathers in her lungs. It's restlessness changes direction and they freeze in their sockets, an eternity of darkness, two glimmering pools of oil. To watch the blood gush through a crimson screen peering back. What else could be more entertaining, than watching your own body tick over.

They'll get stuck like that (unfinished)

Day 4
Watercolour sketch in colours of pink, beige, purple and blue.

Untitled

Day 3
Dusty grey/blue ceramic ovals, interlinked to create a chain structure. This hangs on white wall hanging from two parts, one section hangs down from off-centre, creating a Y shape.

Untitled

Day 2
Image of purple cotton, with frayed edges and a fold line down the centre. The fabric is naturally dyed giving irregular purple colour, with leave prints left an off-white.

ecodye

Day 1
A powder blue teardrop shape made in ceramic; the tail of the teardrop faces up, slightly to the right. It sits upon a welded square steel pipe structure. Image taken on a plane white background.

scratch/cry/claw/sob