Lacrimae Rerum IV David Holmes said his ‘personal favourites on show included the challenging work of Wendy Campbell-Briggs and Elena Cechinato, combining delicate porcelain pottery with dynamic sculpturalism. The piece is called “Lachrimae Rerum” (the tears of things) and the individual pieces are just that, small porcelain tears hanging bunched by hemp string from a central hook. The imagery on […]
Author: wendycampbell-briggs
My inspiration comes from the natural world and concerns for our environment is a constant theme. Investigating the idea of collecting and collections, I create work which is not only visually engaging but conveys an environmental message.
In my series Species Loss, a collection of delicate porcelain forms are hung within an oak frame, they are tagged and numbered – suggesting a ‘museum’ look. Each form is purposefully ambiguous but represents a species in serious decline or one that has already become extinct.
Recent work includes Charon’s Boat - Charon is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead – on this boat he is ferrying our beautiful and majestic Ash trees.
In Cry No More, the work was inspired by lachrymatory bottles first used by the Ancient Romans, Greeks and Egyptians to collect the tears of mourners - a practice later adopted by the Victorians. Each bottle is labelled with a minute extract taken from estate documents circa 1840. This idea is a continuation of the theme of environmental damage and species loss, and the title is meant to convey the thought that time has run out.
The Jam Factory, Oxford
Lacrimae Rerum IV has been selected by the Association of Midland Artists for an exhibition held at the Jam Factory in Oxford from Wed 11 Nov – Mon 7 Dec 2015.
Innovation in Ceramic Art
A fantastic weekend at Innovations in Ceramic Art’, organised by Peter Ward: ‘Innovations in Ceramic Art is a major annual ceramic art show. It featured work by over 60 artists. Visitors were able to meet the artists and buy work directly from them, it was held at The Guildhall Cambridge. Innovations in Ceramic Art featured […]
Royal Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery
Studio 16 and members of Locally Made were invited to create a collection of work which had been inspired by the building, museum collection or art work currently on display. We prepared the work for the Friday Focus Talk Special on the 27th March. The work was on display for the audience in the main […]
Pop up Gallery
The Shop was rented for the month of November just in time for Christmas shoppers. We were all very pleased with how the gallery looked after a two day set up. Armando worked hard to make a custom display area in the window and helped everyone hang their work or prepared plinths. We set up […]
Association of Midland Artists Autumn Exhibition at 150 Gallery
The Association of Midland Artists held their Autumn Exhibition in the 150 Gallery in Livery Street. ‘Glass windows looking onto a pedestrianised street, and the opportunity the windows gave for a multi-level display lent a very different ambience that invited entry to the exhibition. Indeed, when I re-visited on a weekday, there were a respectable […]
Doddington Hall and Gardens, Northamptonshire
Since 2012, Doddington Hall has held a summer exhibition both in it’s Main Hall and in it’s the beautiful Elizabethan gardens. Chrysalis was selected and exhibited in the Main Hall alongside several other ceramic artists.
Bee Meadow Habitat
The idea behind this project was conceived, and all aspects of the planning, management and delivery been overseen by environmental artists Ann Loscombe and Wendy Campbell-Briggs. Its intention is to raise awareness of the plight of the British honey bee and what we can do to reverse their decline. Imagine a world without bees, a […]
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