Rooted : an emotional response to china clay
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Wheal Martyn, St Austell
October 22nd - December 20th 2022
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film . mixed media sculptures . written word . photography
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Uncovering the embedded archives and stories beneath the organic cast, folded rocks and feldspar of Wheal Martyn. A lithos, stone, formed with found objects, excavated from the folded landscape and abandoned buildings. Touching upon the narratives of mining debris and chalky rivers within natural land, these altar's capture these visual stories within solid​ form. Objects are collected and embedded in assemblages to form a cast of fleeting moments, a postcard of these gradually eroded remnants of the past.
folded rock and feldspar
corrugated into carved land
by hands ; as unfurled palms
sink into deep
milky hues, powder white
rust bowing
as I fold ;
embedded in clay fist
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