Oil paint and charcoal on wooden board with soldered frame with glass fragments (44cmx35cm)
Renewal is a piece by Lucinda Hackett created after her backyard burned down in 2024 and overtime watched at plants grew back over the rubble. Lucinda uses soldering to create an organic metal frame encasing fragments of glass shattered in the fire.
Oil paint on scrap off cuts of canvas (60cmx37cm)
An image that came to me in a hypnagogic state using scrap canvas.
Acrylic paint on canvas. (51cm x 76 cm) x3, cropped family photos in found frames. (21.0 x 29.7 cm) x3, table with found table cloths, broken ceramic nativity scene, ceramic bowl and 3 ceramic hanging plates.
“The Silence in Between” is an installation by Lucinda Hackett examine a broken relationship between a child and a parent set in the environment of her grandparent’s home. In this installation Lucinda tries to reconnect with her Polish culture, using found objects such as unused frames that never hung family photos, shattered nativity sets and old cropped childhood photos of her parent. Student work for Studio assignment at University.
Acrylic paint on Blanket (185cmx185cm)
This work explores feelings of anxiety untidiness and uncleanliness using images from Lucinda’s own house painted on a repurposed dog blanket. Student work for Painting assignment at University.
White paper Stoneware Clay, Underglaze, Clear Glaze (33cmx19cmx13cm)
This piece is part of a small series of ceramics exploring Lucinda’s experience with derealisation and feeling in a dream-like state. This work was made for a university assignment exploring the body. Student work from Sculpture assignment at University
White paper Stoneware Clay, Underglaze, Clear Glaze (22cmx19.5cmx15cm)
This piece is part of a small series of ceramics exploring Lucinda’s experience with derealisation and feeling in a dream-like state. This work was made for a university assignment exploring the body. Student work for Sculpture assignment at University.
Oil paint on canvas (61cmx42cm) x5
This series of 5 paintings explores the anxiety and overwhelming feelings from being surrounded my uncleanliness and rotting food as well as exploring domestic roles in households in the absence of a parental figure. These images were taken from moulding food and dirty objects found in Lucinda’s household. Student work for Painting subject at University.
Watercolour and childhood photos transferred with modpodge onto A4 watercolour paper x20
This series of work uses photos Lucinda’s childhood transferred onto paper accompanied by watercolour creating a withered and faded appearance. These photos are stringed together with childish illustrations vaguely resembling images from picture books. This work exploring how nostalgia and imagination of your child-self can warp your memories as they fade. Student work fro Drawing assignment at University.
Watercolour on A2 watercolour paper x3, wooden circular boards x4
This work was the first in Lucinda Hackett’s journey to reconnect with her Polish culture and heritage after a loss of connection with one of her parents who had rejected that part of themselves. In this work Lucinda tires to reconnect by taking part in Polish traditions such as making a flower crown and painting eggs for Easter one of her core memories of Polish traditions. This is accompanied by a series of wooden plates resembling plates found in her grandparent’s home. Student work for Studio assignment for University.
Collection of self portraits completed by Lucinda Hacket between the years 2023-2025
