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Elizabeth-Jane Grose
Carhart Mill, Wadebridge, PL27 7HZ
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About this event
Elizabeth-Jane Grose is an artist embedded in her surroundings. Her work is a record of a small patch of rural life. She keeps a small flock of rare breed and native sheep on a North Cornwall small-holding. The artist started experimenting with using the sheep’s wool in her work and has created a wide variety of textiles, from sculpture and wall hangings to ‘living sheep’ or ‘vegetarian’ fleeces – a way of processing a fleece from a shorn sheep which creates a rug while the skin stays on the living sheep.
Her work flows effortlessly between art and craft. She has always been interested in process, and the way things are made or drawn, and applies this to the natural world that she inhabits. Other work on show includes detailed botanical watercolours, an art form directly descended from the Florilegia and herbals of the 15th Century, created from careful observation of plants growing on and near her holding. Examples of this facet of her practice are now in the collection of the Eden Project Florilegium. Many of the plants she paints are also used to create natural dyes for her wool work. There are also pen and ink studies of life on the small holding – such as the story of a crow who stole duck eggs in ‘The Future’s Thief’; expressive, larger drawings of birds on the camel estuary; detailed charcoal tonal studies of her sheep and birds; and living fleece and peg-loom rugs.
Accessibility
Details
The studio is accessed via a farm track and yard with an unmetalled surface. The studio itself is on a split level with one step down to the area where the toilet is and the toilet is, unfortunately, not wheelchair accessible. There is limited parking for a couple of vehicles in the yard by the studio.
Directions
A39, heading west from Wadebridge,100 yds after BP/M&S roundabout, Rt to Edmonton/Quarryman. 50 yds after Quarryman pub, Lt fork (signposted), half a mile down lane, turn Rt (signposted), 100 yards straight down track, through gates to the studio
Facilities
Art, Workshops
Sun 28th Apr, 2024
The Fish Factory Art Space, Falmouth
£25 — £25
Art, Cornish & Heritage
Sun 14th Apr, 2024 — Mon 29th Apr, 2024
Cotehele, Saltash
£0 — £0
Art, Workshops
Thu 1st Feb, 2024 — Tue 30th Apr, 2024
RED Pottery and Gallery, Redruth
£65 — £65
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Art, Workshops
Tue 30th Apr, 2024
The Poly, Falmouth
£260 — £260
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