Bio
Lucie Benninghaus (2000, Bielefeld) is a German-British sculptor, printmaker and crafter. They primarily make metal, ceramic and textile sculptures which explore environmental fragility and system failure. In making they are influenced by brutalist architecture and its disrepair – places where industrial efficiency is challenged by composting and decomposition.
Lucie aims to create sculptures which are sustainable. They primarily reuse metal scraps, taking the previous user’s mishap as a starting point or impulse. They use yarn made from biodegradable fibres, such as sheep wool. In this choice of material is an interest in the sculpture’s potential future. While the metal frame might degrade over a few centuries, the yarn constructions are expected to decompose and break within years, causing the ceramics to crash. In this future there are more-than-human ecosystems which might make a home in them.
