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Bringing the environment into the work This is my first summer working from the Chapel in Tuckingmill, Tisbury, and I am thrilled by the beauty of the countryside here. There is a space behind the chapel in which I enjoy working and have decided to literally bring these plants into the work. I’m incorporating plant prints, imprinting plants into glass enamel, and...

Almuth Tebbenhoff Amy Stephens Laura Ford Barbara Beyer Lizzie Sykes Mark Richards Nicola Anthony Simon Hitchens Rebecca Newnham Congregation brought together the work of 8 sculptors, a dance filmmaker, and a composer, in an exhibition thoughtfully curated by Jacquiline Creswell, at the Chapel, Tuckingmill, Tisbury, between 24 – 26th March 2023. Our curator...

Published December 2022 Following on from Together We Rise at Chichester Cathedral, a group of sculptors, all members of The Royal Society of sculptors, are exhibiting at Tremenheere Sculpture park in July 2023. My work will be inspired by the pilgrimage route which passes through the sculpture park, and especially the sacred wells which can be found along the Cornish stage of the...

Published December 2022   Studio relocation August 2022 It has been wonderful to be by the sea for 8 years, and we have moved to a beautiful Chapel in Tisbury.  It is an inspiring space with a brook nearby and is next to a public footpath through the stunning Wiltshire countryside. I am already developing a body of work about lichen and trees, and the meadow grasses...

Published December 2022   Together We Rise was an idea which galvanised a group of members from the Royal Society of Sculptors who met on zoom throughout the pandemic. Our curator, Jacquiline Creswell, worked with all 26 sculptors to bring about Together We Rise at Chichester Cathedral. Please follow this link to see works in location. Photo by Paul Gonella Quercus...

Unpacking my archive 2022 – an opportunity to share a quick overview of my work to date Currently, I am engaged in research for a new chapter of work. In doing so, I unpacked a part of my archive to best understand my linear progression to date and provide context to new developments. Archive of the Natural World Lichen suspended in the kitchen with Vermeer 38 The new...

No Woman is an Island is a curated collection of works by seven award-winning female artists: Cath Bloomfield, Phoebe Cummings, Nicky Knowles RWA, Debbie Lee, Rebecca Newnham FRSS, Sarah Purvey, and Patricia Volk RWA FRSS.  I am delighted to be included in this exhibition, curated by Jacquiline Creswell, at the Vanner Gallery, which brings together mid-career women artists in a show which...

Together We Rise comprises over 25 artworks by Royal Society of Sculptors members, presented within Chichester Cathedral. The work responds to the artists’ experience of the pandemic, their resilience, sense of community, and collective hope The exhibition will open at Chichester Cathedral on 27th June and runs until 6th September 2022 During this challenging period, a group of...

Quercus Edition 3m tall, an edition of 8. Sculpture construction system which is durable and kinder to the planet. December 2021 Quercus Edition explores the characteristics of the oak leaf, which has both Golden Section and Fibonacci proportions, and the sculptures rotate through the golden angle as they rise upwards optimistically. They embody spiritual and geometric principles...

Quercus has a new glass skin, added in 2021. The glass was painted in response to experiencing ancient woodland. At winter solstice 2020, at the end of a year like no other we had ever known, I visited Kingley Vale, an ancient yew forest on the South Downs. The limbs of yew entwined and grew together as if they were a single organism, and created primitive vaulted spaces which are natural...