Earthbound coffee break text1/1/2024 I picked dandelion flowers to make dye while at the same time I began to dig up an overgrown flowerbed. To make a start on this iteration of Earthbound I began with the simplest things. The simply structured days with nowhere to go and nothing to do seemed very long with the kind of intensity of detail that reminded me of my childhood. There were many days of sunshine with blue skies and the air was clear. Thinking back to the beginning of the lockdown, some of the characteristic qualities of the period were the extraordinary quietness, in which usually unheard birdsong was loud. There was no shortage of materials to explore even though the actual space had shrunk to a few square metres of slightly dishevelled back garden. This landscape of the home ground seemed to have been waiting for me to find it or actually I had been dawdling until circumstances compelled me to see what was in front of me. Oddly I didn’t find that this restricted me at all. During our previous exchange the impending pandemic came ever nearer and lockdown was imposed part way through but this exchange was carried out completely within those restrictions so the landscape explored was entirely local. I have found this iteration of our exchange both one of the most fascinating and the most difficult to actually carry out. (from the most recent) Jane PonsfordĪ6 Project with Kim Norton 5th Exchange LockdownKT10 The only rule was that they work within the A6 paper format.įollow their conversation. This involved each sending a series of parcels of collected and made objects, to which the other would respond. They have been engaged for many months in a collaborative exchange project, called A6. The studies and resulting objects, artefacts and pieces represent an artistic conversation about ‘Earth’ with each exchange signifying the contributor’s counterpoint and response to the previous statement. Their unique collaboration resulted in unexpected responses to their local landscapes. (On The Track of Richard Long – Juliet Miller)Įarthbound - featuring new works by Artist/papermaker Jane Ponsford and ceramicist/curator Kim Norton. There is a reduction in conscious attention, a letting go, and the mind is able to slip into a different gear." " The artist enters a specific state of mind when he is walking, enabling a creative space to appear. Earthbound: a fascination with what lies beneath our feet
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