Tim Flemming is the Founder, creator, mastermind and cult leader of Flatland OK, a world where multi-layered objects reflect back and forth between reality and a utopian state.
His pieces slice the moments and things that we may find anywhere or nowhere, in a nightmare or dream. Miss Flatland extends her arm in an eternal welcoming wave, the skull sits atop crossbones in an ominous static state. Evil lays vigil by your bedside and a Suspicious Package lurks somewhere in the corner, as innocuous and mundane as a briefcase full of book-keeping.
And this is the thing about Flatland OK. These seemingly benign ply and mirrored objects attract you in the most primal sense. They take you back to the bare bones of symbols and meaning, like when you're a kid and a shape or colour can make you feel. Flemming has made a world where his own shapes and feelings exist in the flesh and we get to play with them and reconfigure their meaning, taking on the good and bad.
In this age of tawdry mass production and short lived trends, Flemming's work stands apart in its painstaking attention to detail and quality. His are talismanic objects made with love to help you build your world again, this time the way you like it, one piece at a time.
Amy Franz
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