Solastalgia
The exhibition Solastalgia Issue 2 ‘Terrafurie’ at Truro Cathedral, features artists from Solastalgia Magazine Issue 2. The magazine is named after a word coined by Glenn Albrecht in 2003. “Solastalgia” is a portmanteau of the words ‘solace’ and ‘nostalgia,’ describing the feeling of distress associated with environmental change.
Open for just 2 more days - it ends this Sunday 14th July (Sat: 10-5, Sun: 11:30-4). If you’re in Cornwall, do visit!
I’m hugely grateful to Seamus Moran for all his help: transporting my work (after my truck broke down), lending his scaffold tower, and his patient assistance setting up over 2 days. Thanks also to Summer Auty for curating the show.
Pyre will also soon be on show at Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show, Dora House, 22 July- 21 Sept, curated by David McAlmont. Private view Sat 20 July, 11am-2pm.
I recently led 2 workshops with Jan Ollis at West Pennard and St Benedict’s C of E Junior Schools, working with years 3-6. We cast and embedded debris collected from rivers, sea, marshes, and bogs in handmade paper, and made paper pulp. The work will be shown as part of As Old as the Hills, a proect I’m co-curating.
We had a wonderful day of walk, talks and.creative workshops, exploring, both land and materials with Duncan Cameron, David Kefford and Richard Tomlinson at Avalon Marshes Centre. Our next As Old as the Hills event will be to re-create a smaller version of the 3800BC yr old timber Sweet Track (see below). Free! Book here.
I have 2 drawings currently showing in ‘Landscape (Re)View I’ at The Wall, Musgrove Park Hospital until 29th October, open daily. The exhibition explores reconnecting with, caring for and living with the Somerset landscape.
My sculptures feel a bit like life as an artist - precarious! What with a broken down truck, the axing of a programme of courses I was teaching regularly and other trials, I’m so grateful to friends and colleagues who continue to support.
I’m offering an Online Sculpture Course (self-directed) for £40 - great value! Alternativley, please visit my shop.
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