David Spooner ‘Slime Tigers’ (2021), embroidery thread, acrylic wool, fabric, acrylic paint, and polyester stuffing, dimensions variable.
David Spooner is an artist who works with drawing, soft sculpture and whatever feels fun at the time. Their practice explores things that happen to them everyday as well as memories drawn from the past. They're currently getting ready to expand on what they did last year by making their art wearable.
Tiger Slime is a story David created about a symbiotic animal. It is an expert at camouflage and shapes and shifts its way into different forms and locations. The three tiger heads have emerged from their sweater lair looking for another host.