Predominantly created for (RE)VIEW, a collaborative project revisiting overlooked places for the Creative Accelerator Blackburn; Connected depicts a thumb print that has been meticulously hand sewn into calico cotton.
Within the individually sewn lines of the thumb print, Amelia has consciously incorporated an accurately scaled down contour that follows the route from Blackburn to Leeds along the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Amelia, who was raised in Blackburn and could see the canal from her bedroom window, felt a certain allure to the man-made waterway. It brought a form of calmness and clarity when faced with the difficulty of depression and isolation during the era of Covid-19. Since moving to Leeds in 2015, walking along the canal paths in the city has reminded Amelia of happier and less anxious times, knowing that in reality, home is never that far away, especially when we have the technology to contact
friends and family from afar.
Amelia previously created a piece using thread for her 2018 work, Control. By revisiting the material, Amelia intended to approach the topics of conscious and subconscious control within a period of panic and uncertainty.
The materials used for Connected were purchased from a haberdashery within the Blackburn locale as a homage to the town’s cotton mill heritage.

Amelia Baron (23/10/1995), is originally from Blackburn, and now resides in Leeds after graduating from Leeds Arts University in 2018.

Amelia's practice combines social engagement, endurance performance and installation in an attempt to visualise the chaos of the mind and to open up a discourse surrounding mental health in contemporary society.

Often using delicate materials and repetitive motions, Amelia's work can take a metaphorical stance on the fragility and vulnerability of mental wellbeing.