Lichen inspiration – planning an exhibition

We found these beautiful ‘soldier lichen’ on a wall in an ancient woodland in Kingussie, Perthshire. So teeny tiny and very beautiful. We discovered many beautiful plants, trees (whispering aspen..) and funghi on our walks through the woods. So breathtaking and inspiring.

I guess that has stayed with us both, as on a walk yesterday in our nearby Botanical Gardens, we talked about possibilities for work in the coming year. Maybe we could work towards an exhibition. even if the exhibition doesn’t happen, then it will bring about new work.

One of the questions for us is how to bring our skills and styles (and two different clays and firing techniques) together to form one body of work. Michaela loves detail, Chris the big picture. Michaela likes gentle colours, Chris bold. In the woodlands, these two things come together beautifully. You can look up and see the awe-inspiring trees and skies. You can look down and see a tiny frog or lichen on a rock. So I guess nature is telling us that we can have both.

We might call the exhibition that might not happen, Elements. It’s a working title. We will have large pieces of work and alongside them small pieces that show the details from within.

Stay tuned!

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Colour themed

We took part in a call out last month, to participate in an exhibition called Still Edit at the Sage and Salt Studio in Hampshire. Do let us know if you’re in the Petersfield area and can visit for us!

It was an interesting call out as it wasn’t a word theme, like Forest or Justice or Summer Days, but rather a theme based on ‘vibes’. The gallery put out a vision board with soft, gentle colours and a cosy, easy feeling. I thought, yes, we can offer that. Some of our work is stronger vibes, looking at climate change or what is broken but still beautiful in the world – but some of it is also gentle, looking at love, community, friendship, connection with the earth and with each other.

It was good to look through our work in this way and to choose pieces to send through for the selection process. We then had to wait and were delighted to hear that we had been selected. An interesating process to be a part of.

We send work next week and the exhibition starts mid-January. We will really look forward to seeing images of our work with other people’s work, and to see and follow the other artists and makers who are taking part.

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