The Glyme Lane Project
The Glyme Lane exhibition began with a group of artists local to Chipping Norton who were concerned about the prospect of a connecting road being built through Glyme Lane which would decimate the allotment plots, the Millenial Wood, Glyme Farm and the bee hives. Myself and eight other artists set out to use our various art forms – landscape painting, pottery, artists’ books, figure drawing, stained glass, poetry, photography and audio media – to pause a moment in time, showing the importance of these natural assets to the people and wildlife who use and benefit from them.
My work for the Glyme Lane Project
My pieces for this exhibition focused mostly on the allotments, since my family are allotment owners; my areas of interest being soil health and compost, small creatures who help gardeners, human impact on the environment and the produce harvested from the plots.
‘Hidden Heroes of the Garden’, mixed media artists’ book
This concertina artists’ book was inspired by those unsung heroes of the gardens who may be overlooked and unappreciated – bees who pollinate the plants, earthworms who work underground aerating and improving soil quality, spiders who can predict the weather and ladybirds who control the aphid population. After researching details of each little creature’s contribution to the gardeners world, I included this information in the book using little tags, concealing them in pockets, as the heroes themselves are – concealed from our view. This book means to raise awareness of the importance of these little beings so we respect and understand them rather than kill them due to fear.
Allotment Produce – mixed media on wood panels
These square wood panels painted with walnut and coffee inks, display the beautiful, organic and lovingly-grown produce from the allotments using mixed media and printmaking techniques.
Compost Cubes
‘Embedded’ – artists’ book
