Crafts CouncilDirectoryJayne ArmstrongThinking, feeling and sculpting with fireAbout2020 has been a very particular year. In search of a means to express the difficult and contradictory meanings, feelings and emotions of Covid-19, fire emerged for me as a key conceptual and material tool: a tool to use and a tool to think with. Fire represents many conflicting and often oppositional meanings. Significantly, it can represent the generative power of life but also destruction. Fire can also signify energy, change, renewal, illumination, enlightenment and damnation. 2020 aflame. Jayne ArmstrongFalmouth, EnglandSculptural oak platter, Jayne ArmstrongOak form with glass, Jayne ArmstrongScorched oak platter, Jayne ArmstrongSculpted oak, Jayne ArmstrongPears, Jayne ArmstrongSculptural oak, Jayne ArmstrongSweet chestnut vase, Jayne ArmstrongGreen turned oak form, Jayne ArmstrongOak platter with pears, Jayne ArmstrongMake do and mend, Jayne ArmstrongThinking, feeling and sculpting with fireAbout2020 has been a very particular year. In search of a means to express the difficult and contradictory meanings, feelings and emotions of Covid-19, fire emerged for me as a key conceptual and material tool: a tool to use and a tool to think with. Fire represents many conflicting and often oppositional meanings. Significantly, it can represent the generative power of life but also destruction. Fire can also signify energy, change, renewal, illumination, enlightenment and damnation. 2020 aflame. Jayne ArmstrongFalmouth, EnglandSculptural oak platter, Jayne ArmstrongSculptural oak, Jayne ArmstrongOak form with glass, Jayne ArmstrongSweet chestnut vase, Jayne ArmstrongScorched oak platter, Jayne ArmstrongGreen turned oak form, Jayne ArmstrongSculpted oak, Jayne ArmstrongOak platter with pears, Jayne ArmstrongPears, Jayne ArmstrongMake do and mend, Jayne ArmstrongMore from Jayne ArmstrongProjectGreen-turned OakProjectThe Elegance of Decay: Fungal forms