Caroline Sharp

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previously shown in

unearthed 2023

land marked 2024

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material and maker 2026

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Caroline makes both woven and clay and wood sculptures which are strongly influenced by natural form, containment and movement. They are in essence about latent and potential energy; energy within the soil and earth transformed within seeds and the emerging growth.

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The woven forms shown in this exhibition are based on organic seedpod forms and the importance of respecting the character and properties of the natural materials used is paramount. The tips of the stem, the catkins and buds are left exposed to suggest fragility and transience. The process of weaving woods has always been a form of meditation to Caroline and the process and joys of slow making are increasingly important to her. The coppiced stems used are mainly birch, willow, guelder rose and white poplar some grown and some gathered. The use of seaweed as an additional highlight is part of recent explorations too. The Seaweed Capsule shown here is suggestive of gathering. Gathering precious leaves, seaweed and nature’s bounty; not full, not overflowing but just the right amount to keep us in balance within nature.

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Recurring themes in Caroline’s work include explorations into ideas of geological layers, land and form which were initiated after a commission along the Wessex Ridgeway in 2008. The idea of land suggesting and sometimes revealing what is underneath is translated through mark making using natural materials such as local chalk used as a covering to the Chalk Capsule shown here. 

Caroline’s practice has always been about her connection to nature’s seasonal shifts, and the climate crisis continues to further heighten and reinforce her sustainable approach. Her making is slow, seasonal and meditative: - the growing and gathering of natural material; the weaving of layers; the hand coiling of the clay.

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