Floccus exhibition
floccus | ˈflɒkəs | Latin, a 'tuft of wool', the raw material.
Dates: 27 September – 8 October (open Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11-4pm)
Artists: Brenda Miller, Liangzi Xiao, Olivia Dunn, Emily Taylor, Emma Gannon, Polly Armond & Katinka Halland.
Curator: Patricia Brien
Wool’s history in the Cotswolds is long, from powerful monasteries trading in wool futures to the industrial production capacities of the 19th century. In these post-industrial times where fibre and materials are critically examined for provenance, ecological and carbon footprint, wool is being addressed as an important fibre in developing localised and sustainable production and earth-friendly farming and production methods. Wool’s versatility enables both high technical production and handcrafting modes. Stroud Wool Week 2022 celebrates the qualities of wool focusing on sustainable textile production based on ecological care, design thinking, innovative handcraft and technical practices. The floccus exhibition emphasises the diversity of work from local and international talented graduating students and recently graduated practitioners at Bachelor and postgraduate levels.
Conversation: Artist Fiona Owen & intuitive herbalist Nathaniel Hughes
The layers of intuitive, artistic and practical experiences with plants are explored in this conversation between two plant collaborators.
Image: Fiona Owen, Bluebells
'A Bestiary of Wild Flowers'
This online presentation and poetry reading with Dr John Charles Ryan responds to the Paradise Gardens (1968-1970) painting series by the honoured Australian artist, Sir Sidney Nolan.
The two paintings on loan from The Sidney Nolan Trust are from Nolan’s epic series Paradise Garden were described by the poet Robert Melville as “a bestiary of wild of flowers, for these specimens are the gorgons, salamanders, griffons, chameleons, dragons and phoenixes of the plant world.”
Image: Sir Sidney Nolan, Paradise Garden (1968 – 1970) Mixed media on paper. 30.5 x 25.5 cm
This painting is part of Nolan’s series Paradise Garden. The work is kindly on loan from The Sidney Nolan Trust. www.sidneynolantrust.org
