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Jane Ponsford Artist and papermaker
Paper can be seen as the traditional material to record the world around us. It collects marks and traces and catches light and casts shadows. It is this responsive quality which attracts Jane Ponsford to paper-making. Much of her work is made in response to walking through specific landscapes and in relation to particular places and the materials found there. She uses mainly cotton and linen pulps to make sculptural installations, objects and book-works.
Art In Action 14 July 2016
I'll be at Art in Action with other tutors from West Dean where we will be running short courses and demonstrations. There will also be an exhibition of the work of the tutors involved. More information about my papermaking course soon.
'Passing Moment' Installation, Winchester City Museum 10 October 2015
10 October – 7 November 2015, ‘Passing Moment’ installation, made up of 14 vessels filled with handcast paper forms inspired by a walk on the chalk paths near Winchester.
Winchester City Museum, Winchester, Hampshire as part of 10 Days Chalk
Stroud International Textiles Select Showcase 23 October 2015
I will be showing work on 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 at The Select Showcase with SITselect
and I will also be running a Papermaking Workshop and Talk on 24 October : Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA.
Broken Beauty at Collect 2021 with Sarah Myerscough Gallery 26 February - 2 March 2021
I’m very happy to be showing some work as part of 'Broken Beauty' with Sarah Myerscough Gallery at Collect this year, albeit online. The exhibition will be launching virtually and through a series of talks as part of Craft Council’s Collect Art Fair in February and then an enlarged physical exhibition will take place during London Craft Week in May 2021. “Broken Beauty explores the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability. In particular, the artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and fragility, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature. By considering beauty as broken, the aesthetic vision, material content and innovative processes involved in these artworks highlight nature’s imperfections; beauty is found through rich character, a knowingness and an honesty regarding the fallibility found in all living things.'
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Paper can be seen as the traditional material to record the world around us. It collects marks and traces and catches light and casts shadows. It is this responsive quality which attracts Jane Ponsford to paper-making. Much of her work is made in response to walking through specific landscapes and in relation to particular places and the materials found there. She uses mainly cotton and linen pulps to make sculptural installations, objects and book-works.
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Art In Action 14 July 2016
I'll be at Art in Action with other tutors from West Dean where we will be running short courses and demonstrations. There will also be an exhibition of the work of the tutors involved. More information about my papermaking course soon.
'Passing Moment' Installation, Winchester City Museum 10 October 2015
10 October – 7 November 2015, ‘Passing Moment’ installation, made up of 14 vessels filled with handcast paper forms inspired by a walk on the chalk paths near Winchester.
Winchester City Museum, Winchester, Hampshire as part of 10 Days Chalk
Stroud International Textiles Select Showcase 23 October 2015
I will be showing work on 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 at The Select Showcase with SITselect
and I will also be running a Papermaking Workshop and Talk on 24 October : Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA.
Broken Beauty at Collect 2021 with Sarah Myerscough Gallery 26 February - 2 March 2021
I’m very happy to be showing some work as part of 'Broken Beauty' with Sarah Myerscough Gallery at Collect this year, albeit online. The exhibition will be launching virtually and through a series of talks as part of Craft Council’s Collect Art Fair in February and then an enlarged physical exhibition will take place during London Craft Week in May 2021. “Broken Beauty explores the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability. In particular, the artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and fragility, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature. By considering beauty as broken, the aesthetic vision, material content and innovative processes involved in these artworks highlight nature’s imperfections; beauty is found through rich character, a knowingness and an honesty regarding the fallibility found in all living things.'
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