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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. 

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mixed media sculptures
written word

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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photography
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