2023 – Raveningham Sculpture Trail

The 2023 Sculpture Trail at Raveningham features 62 selected artists and makers across 3 acres of grounds who responded to the theme of Amplify The Positive. Artists have developed ideas, artwork, sculpture, site specific works, stories, magic and more for the meadows, pond, gardens, and woodland at Raveningham. By letting their imaginations and aspirations soar they have created a sculpture exhibition to inspire and uplift visitors. The Sculpture Trail team is committed to encouraging public interaction with contemporary art in a rural setting as well as creating space and opportunity for artists to show and sell their work to a diverse audience.

1st Visitor’s Choice – Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman (£250 prize)

2nd Visitor’s Choice – Mike Challis (£200 prize)

3rd Visitor’s Choice – Christine Baxter (£150 prize)

Curator’s Choice – Sophie Giller (£250 prize)

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Abbate Anne-Marie – details to follow.

**Anne Marie Abbate** **– The Whale** – On 14^th February 626 AD Saint Antonino Abbate, the patron Saint of Sorrento died. He was credited with saving the life of a child swallowed by a whale and protecting Sorrento against plague and invasion.
I have reimagined the glorious coral reef of the Bay of Naples, Italy in the 7^th century when my namesake lived there.
Untouched, unspoilt, and teeming with wildlife and vibrancy.

*Mixed media 8ft x 8ft. £POA Various smaller items will be available in the shop for purchase*

Adam Grace – ***Strand***
Reaching across the front of this beautiful Tudor house with its vertical stripes, *Strand* clings on. *Strand* is based on the strap-like fronds of Bladderwrack seaweed. Its ribs, lobes and bubbles are strange structures – washed up on the shoreline from another world. Swimming and walking all year round along the coast is now an essential part of my days.

(Wire, plaster bandage, paint, exterior varnish)

Amsden Meg – Exploring the idea of Amplifying the Positive, I started with the Classical image of the Cornucopia or Horn of Plenty, then came across the **Cauldron of Plenty** dating back to the Bronze Age. In my piece I fill it with bronze apples and place it under one of three apple trees. The trees (one young, one mature, one old), are home to three bass reliefs of the Matronae, Romano British fertility goddesses. They carry bowls of fruit, eggs and cakes, loaves of bread and babies, providing abundance, prosperity, nourishment, healing and immortality.
Cauldron – iron and bronze: Matronae bass reliefs – Jesmonite. All pieces for sale..

**Bardell John** – Shapes and colours of the art Deco movement have informed my sculpture.

**Barns Rachael** – Developed through Rachael’s experimentation in transforming everyday materials, these sculptural pieces are made using different elements of plastic milk cartons. The multiple forms work together creating a space to pause and reflect on the organic shapes, the gentle movement in the breeze and the shifting framing of the environment through the windows within the work.

www.rachaelbarns.art

**Baxter Christine** – Leaping Hares – Christine is a figurative sculptor working predominantly in clay, but also directly into plaster and wax. She casts her own work into bronze resin, iron resin, ceramic and stone.

**Bosman Andre & Cannell Laura** – **AMPLIFY THE PURRRRRRRSITIVE: The Healing Properties of Cats**
Laura Cannell (Sound) and André Bosman (Ceramics)

For the Raveningham Sculpture Trail 2023 Cannell and Bosman have created an immersive sound and ceramic sculpture installation created from the purrs of cats they know and love including: Kitty Yolo, Bobo, Hansel and Gretel.

In both acoustics and medical research it is suggest that the purr of a cat is a healing mechanism. A collection of studies around the world have shown that cats purr at frequencies of between 25-100Hz which corresponds with established healing frequencies in therapeutic medicine for humans and animals. Purr frequencies correspond to vibrational/electrical frequencies used in treatment for bone growth/fractures, pain, edema, muscle growth/strain, joint flexibility, dyspnea, and wounds. Domestic cats have strong frequencies between 25 Hz and 50 Hz.

Cannell and Bosman are East Anglian based internationally acclaimed musicians, between them working in the fields of electronic music, improvisation, minimalist medieval music and composition. Together with live performances, they compose music for film and television, credits include: BBC 2’s What We Do in the Shadows, Gardeners World, BBC News, The Gadget Show, BBC Radio 4, Netflix, ITV, Slovakian Films, Spanish General Broadcasting and many more. They have appeared live in concert and are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 6Music and internationally. Between them they run the UK independent record label Brawl Records.

The Ceramic Cats by André Bosman are for sale £20 each, please ask at the box office.

Campbell Esther May – Anything Moving.

A series of 3 films made by BAFTA award winning Esther and Kitchen Table Photo Club.

‘Anything Moving is so good, so un-bossy in its artistry, so moving as portraits of children (& therefore portraits of all of us) that really I can’t think of any other account of childhood that doesn’t feel patronising by comparison. What it offers is profound, abundant and not quite graspable. I love it’. Alice Oswald, poet & gardener

Due to COVID restrictions, Esther and KTPC moved out of the city to gather in local woodlands. They planted trail cameras at caves, rivers, rocks and awaited animal responses. They immersed themselves in leaf mould and tree tops, told stories of human & animal kinships. They recorded sounds and sung to the trees. Three experimental films emerged, exhibited solo, together, inside & out, rescored & reimagined.

Cannell Sarah – 1000 Vessel Project; Inspired by the concept of 10,000 hours to become proficient and ideas in by book ‘Art & Fear – The pleasures and perils of Artmaking’ painter/curator Sarah Cannell has embarked on a creative journey to realise 1000 ceramic vessels. Each one is an experiment in throwing and surface decoration and a celebration of the power of making and the importance of process in creative practice.So far the artist is 1/3 of the way through her journey and has created 365 vessels. Follow Sarah’s journey on Instagram @sarahcannellartist or join her weekly clay workshops at Raveningham throughout the year www.sarahcannell.com

**Caputo Sarah** – During the lockdown of 2020 I began experimenting with leaving unfired slabs of clay around the garden to see what the weather would do to the clay. I found that the surrounding herbage, the falling leaves, passing animals and birds also left their marks in the clay in varying degrees, depending on the weather conditions, exposing the passing of time and events in that particular spot for that particular time. The cell structure of the clay became less stable during this time and when it came to drying the slab for firing it often broke into pieces that required rebonding after firing. I began to treasure these records of the passing of time, with their delicate markings and integral narratives, and so used the Chinese method of Kintsugi, to fix together the jigsaw of pieces and to elevate the tatty clay to the height of esteem that I held it in.
In the autumn of 2020 I decided to record a whole year in this way. Every 4 weeks from October 2020- October 2021, I put a circle of clay on a tray, in the same spot in the garden each time, to record the cycle of events in that spot for the year. The 13 circles are the result of this project. Some are almost shredded, made fragile by frost or constant rain, others are almost untouched, due to drought during that 4 weeks, when the clay hardened almost immediately. Together they celebrate a year turning.

Challis Mike – Saw Song – Mike’s use of recycled materials resonating with sound (remember the washing machine?) explored in Sounding Stones last year and Nightwire in 2021 continues this year with Sawsong, a physical, electronics free sculpture using discarded circular saw blades repurposed as gongs. These are arranged in a mirrored box and played with ball bearings to create a cacophony of sound.

Clifford Rebecca – All Things Bright & Beautiful – A Cottage Garden.
A short walk through a cottage garden made from recycled materials & things that i had in my home and studio. The garden is modelled on my own garden and gardens I’ve known and loved. It is a celebration of common and everyday life.

**Chrystall Harry** – Foxfire – In a secluded spot at the edge of the wood a low branch hangs from the base of a tall pine tree, shadowing the ground beneath. Foxfire is inspired by the dramatic possibilities I found on this low twilight stage.

**Collier – Wilson Rachel** – Rest as a radical act. Rest brings nourishment and inspires creativity. This series of works on deckchairs uses imagery of the body in repose; bodies abandoned in place, suspended from action. The piece captures the refusal enacted when we relax in a deckchair, resting and resisting the pressure to produce.

**Cooper Dom** – Moonflower. The healing properties of the Moonflower are well documented. A symbol of the potential for growth and healing in dark times, the Moonflower is at it’s most powerful when the full moon can be seen through its oculus. domcooper.uk

Davidson Kally – Tuning into my threads of existence, embracing balance for a healthy ecosystem, whether it be the energy flow through internal psyche, nerves and veins or externally for mother earth and its diverse treasures.

**Day Peter** – Memories (2023)
The piece is made to represent the three phases of life, childhood , adolescence and adult hood and how memories influence our lives. As children we are learning at the exponential rate, our memories are sharp and focused, adolescence we start to prioritise and some memories slowly fade, and as we progress through adulthood so the day to day activities often are lost due to the repetitive nature of our daily lives and only significant events and held, an slowly as we age more is lost until only the major events are retained.

From a personal perspective I associate dates with significant events and one of the biggest impacts of the past 3 years is all these all event stopped; holidays, birthday celebrations, family gatherings and career milestones, I have nothing to associate with time.
It only now as we start to have the freedom to meet up and travel that the time/activity association is returning, it almost feels like I am starting again.

**Dedman Nicci** – Nicci makes modern wire sculpture using wire. For this armchair and pouffe metal wire has been layered to give an upholstered look and gives a comfortable seat for you to sit, put your feet up and enjoy.

**DonDaniel Johann** – 8ctahedron (without plinth). Predominantly a painter I have found my work has moved into sculpture as well as sound. My research helps to determine outcomes including size, space, medium and material. The geometry and design in this work are specific to the moon, the earth and human development. It is designed in part as a light for creative contemplation.

**Ellis Sarah** – Worlds of Wonder – the End is the Beginning.
These hanging mixed media 3D collages are a celebration natural cycles, beauty and interdependence in nature. I use recycled materials where possible.

**Esling, John and Billy** – This “Ecotecture” explores the woodland springing point of architecture and perhaps its future as an element Dwelling – Fashioned by manipulating a toppled Willow tree, this is “Ecotecture”; an evolving collaboration between the tree, its environment and the makers. This symbiosis encloses a living space, creating a new place to inhabit and experience. Dwelling explores the springing points of ancient architecture and the experience of dwelling among trees. Please Dwell.

*Using ancient techniques drawn from coppicing, pollarding, and hedgelaying, ecotecture is not just creativity. This approach has practical potential in both civic and domestic contexts.*
*Ecotecture creates shade and shelter.* It could become an elements of the infrastructure of future green cities. Perhaps it will bring the cool microclimate of woodland to a bus stop near you, soon?

**Fenn Victoria** – Solar Strands – The sun’s beautiful and positive symbolism connects to harvest and the moves being made to heal the land, working towards a more harmonious and sustainable era of agricultural existence.
Orange agricultural baler twine and pegs

**Gardiner Emily** – The Feast: The focus of this artwork centres around sharing food, the pleasurable experience of dinning, and eating amongst friends and family. The circular forms of this artwork mirror ripples in a pond; the effect of one good deed spreading joy throughout the world.

My work explores the happenings of everyday life and attempts to draw narratives from the mundane and madness that lies within. I work in whatever material brings life to my concept. But especially enjoy making sculptures that provoke the viewer to challenge their perceptions of reality.

**Giller Sophie** – Going Somewhere Else – a patchwork banner made from lining fabrics and thread, to create a wall of colour that plays with scale, translucency, light and abstract compositions.

**Haggart Bertie Anderson** – TILT is a song cycle inspired by the seasons, Full of optimism and joy in the colours & emotions of each season whilst cradling a sense of loss to reflect the ever turning cycle of life. Bertie Anderson Haggart is an award-winning musician and composer.

**Hall David** – Wood ‘life between death and decay’ Work is driven by wood i am given or find, what the wood says to me, rather than what I can do to it. Form and natural beauty in imperfection. Image ‘Black Poplar’.

**Humpleby Elaine** – Memory is Ephemeral, a collage of fragments and moments that trigger an emotion. Memories are a Powerful way to access the past and a Positive way to influence the Future. Art Amplifies the Positive, affecting mood, evoking personal, emotional and physical responses; for me Art in a location is a truly holistic, tactile experience, I cannot help but touch. I am fascinated by places; by the way a location makes us feel, how we interact with it. My Ceramic Pieces capture the fleeting qualities of the environment : I forage and sketch on location, recording my experience in words and images, collecting textures and evolving these recorded memories into a permanent Ceramic 3d record that triggers a sense of the place. Each piece is the recording of my unique sensory experience which will in turn create a physical and visual response in an audience

**Jones Helen** – Tree Armour – A quilt inspired hexagonal embossed metal installation ,the pieces being cut from old drinks cans .
The embossed patterns will be inspired by the woodland ,such as leaf and bark patterns and abstracted forms and animals that live on an oak tree.

**Littlefield Mary** – Figures in the pop up gallery.

**Maughan Gabrielle** – For thousands of years dolls have been used to represent abstract concepts such as fertility as well as being playthings. They are found in graves and are used in rituals like voodoo. My dolls are acting out a social ritual of game playing so are combining several functions at once.

**Maxfield Helen** – Helen’s linocuts are inspired by the Suffolk countryside and coastline. Using a wide range of cutting patterns and creatively exaggerating elements of the landscape, Helen juxtaposes man-made features with nature and wildlife. Her work depicts the spirit of the landscape whilst celebrating and exploring the natural qualities of linocut.

**Maule Andy & Challis Mike** – Sonic Headspace – Our interests in form and sound have created an interactive work that injects fun into the idea that character relates to head shape (phrenology). Heads of various sizes and purpose work with the audience to illustrate human characteristics in sound. This installation, or the wire head alone, are for sale.

MICRO KINO – Our magical tiny outdoor cinema space featuring animations created specifically for this year’s Sculpture Trail. Animators have responded to the themes of Nature and Journey. Curated by the fabulous Professor Suzie Hanna

**Sunset Strip, Kayla Parker** – Sound: Stuart Moore. Dubbing mixer: Paul Roberts.
An Arts Council of England and Channel Four Animate Award commission
35mm direct animation: 4 min 15 sec
**Synopsis** A dazzling expression of the visual music revealed by 365 setting suns, observed across southern Britain from Norfolk in the east to Land’s End in the far south west during a 12-month period. Over four and a half thousand time-lapse drawings were painted directly onto a continuous strip of 35mm film leader using a variety of materials, such as nail varnish, hair, bleach, net stocking and magnolia petals, to create this day-by-day animated diary of a year’s sunsets – including those obscured by clouds.
http://www.kaylaparker.co.uk

**Biplane Model Kit**, **Tine Kluth** – Music Robert Carl Blank. Stop-motion animation: 3mins 34secs
**Synopsis** A boy sits in his room and thinks about a girl….and she wants to fly to the ocean with him – in a Biplane! This film has won several awards and been selected for many international festivals.
http://www.tinekluth.com

**Berisha (2023)**, **Rob Terrestrial** – Experimental mixed-media film: 5mins
**Synopsis** Rob Terrestrial, an experimental filmmaker based in Norwich, UK, explores the intricate interplay between film and sound. Influenced by experimental stop-motion, constructivism, brutalism, street art and punk rock, the artist creates thought-provoking short-form abstract films. Through deliberate pacing and absence of narrative, his work invites quiet introspection, providing viewers with an immersive cinematic experience. By harmonizing visual imagery with ethereal soundscapes, Rob Terrestrial’s films offer a space for contemplation and personal interpretation.
https://robterrestrial.com

**Kelpie** – **Juan Gill Murrell**. Compositing/VFX Caroline Rouge. CGI 3D Animation: 1min 45secs
**Synopsis** A sea-dwelling Kelpie encounters a strange new addition to the ocean-floor.
www.juangillanimation.com Instagram @juangill.animation

**Bathing** – **Ao Chen**. Mixed-media animation: 5min
**Synopsis** Experimental animated film that expresses the cognitive poetics of bathing in water in Nature for peace of mind. In *Bathing*, I used high-temperature underglaze paintings on porcelain plates, glass fragments, and multiple visual effects to create the images. Regarding the sound, I recorded the sound of the water and added various audio effects to it.
Dr Ao Chen is a Lecturer in Media at University College London.
My research interests include filmmaking, sound art, mixed art forms, and film philosophy. .

**God’s Favour, Anne** – **Suzie Hanna**. Poem & voice Sally Bayley. Mixed-media Poetry animation: 5 mins
**Synopsis** To celebrate the 400^th anniversary of the death of Anne Hathaway in summer 2023, this poem was commissioned for publication by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The composite character of the faithful Anne also encompasses references to Queen Elizabeth 1^st and Anne Boleyn. The film follows themes in the poem, from young lovers in the Tudor countryside to a woman abandoned by Shakespeare’s success and Royal patronage.
Instagram @hannaprofessor
www.suziehanna.com

**Moreton Roslyn** – Roslyn has been inspired by her sites natural findings and has amplified some of these using fabric manipulation, stitch and natural dyeing.

**Moreton Russell** – Responding to the Spiral Walking Maze.

**Nutbeem Jenny** – All shall be well…. celebrating resilience and hope in a fragile world.
I have used plants and minerals to dye and print on reclaimed and recycled silk which will be made into strings of colourful flags to adorn the woodland walk.

Pickering Shaun & Lee Wright Cindy – Butterfly Moon Gate

**Jozef Pilat** – Thistle. From the cycle: To Be Thistles on the Breadbasket. plywood, canvas, aryl, 3x3x3m, 2023
(reconstruction of the installation) Breadbasket-the part of a country or region that produces large amounts of food, especially grain, for the rest of the country or region. It is characteristic of the golden colour of monocultures, where is no place for biodiversity. I plant a thistle in this field, A plant that is neither an alien nor an invasive plant and yet is considered a farmer’s eternal enemy. The thistle is interesting for its paradox. On the one hand, it is one of the oldest medicinal plants, and on the other hand, it is a ragged vagabond—this inner tension in the artist’s role or the culture itself in society. On the field, a thorn in the eye, but if we give it a chance and be open, it can be a healing binder to society. This project is inspired by a personal layer. Traktor and thistles are the biggest enemies in the countryside. My father fought against thistles all his life. And on old knees, heals him high pressure…

Pine Jemima – Handmade silver jewellery in the pop up gallery.

Reynolds Joanna – details to follow.

Roffey Nina – Nina recycles unwanted items, latterly, some in the style of Gustav Klimt. She also works on found wood, carving, collaging or painting it to represent things that inspire her or makes a comment about situations like the war in Ukraine. She refers to her work is unique and rustic!

Rubens Zoe – Having gained a first class honours degree in Sculpture at Manchester Zoë Rubens is an experienced artist combining the figurative and conceptual. She uses her distinctive talents and skills working with ferrous and nonferrous metals, both cast and welded and etched, to produce intriguing Sculpture and prints. Including her unique ceramics she is able to produce visual excitement with many subtle depths of expression and meaning. Currently working from her studio in East Anglia Zoë challenges many pre-conceptions, experimenting with different techniques and applications and by using her own signature attention to detail within the overall concept makes her work fascinating to revisit

Severyn – Kosinska Louise – Amplify the Positive. I am a glass half full , sustained through life by the colour blue not just of sea and sky , but also my parents 70’s ultramarine dining room, a place of warmth and love, celebrating with crystal ready for both invited and uninvited guests. My table here collecting rainwater and whatever else arrives unexpectedly .

**Sharpe Jill** – Entwined. An exploration of growth and the shapes and patterns that are formed and develop in living structures. The contrasts shaped by the outreaching foliage and the coiling tendrils inform my piece.

**Siemmond Meryem** – Golden Journey (Travertine stone on a slate) – The sculpture inspired from Japanese Kintsugi (Kintsukuroi) art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with highlight of gold. Philosophy is that even though things may be damaged, they are still valuable and have meaning. We all maybe got cracks, maybe pains, maybe sad stories, as well as all good things, all makes us who we are. It centres on the acceptance of transience, imperfection and the beauty found in simplicity. It is built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, we can create an even stronger piece of art, everybody have their own golden journey!

**Spray Fern** – Woodland Bathing. A collection of glass and mirror mosaics encouraging you to breathe in the woodland and take a moment of peace for yourself.

Sonic Moth – Ambient – Drone – Synth Cassette label – work in progress Bandcamp. Sound installation created using field recordings made on site at Raveningham.

**Springwood Bee** –
Bee works with the specific site, and this year, the space held by this venerable tree affords a weaving of the web of life. Within the web of creation, which we need to celebrate and treasure in all its diversity, sit evocations of beings which we might not otherwise see or value. Inspired by the intricacy and brilliance of the insect world, but also playing with forms as they emerge. Bee works with textile, paper, wood, wire, and found and natural materials.

**Strangward Justin** – Broom Cupboard – Broom Cupboard. For this years trail, in response to the positive theme, I have designed an extreme broom cupboard. Externally it is a handsome cupboard with strong classical proportions, sloping metal roofs, voluptuous tassels and a sense of proportional harmony. Internally, when the door is opened, the design motifs continue, and the viewer is presented with a hanging broom.

I expect the viewers reactions to the piece to vary wildly, depending on how much or how little they value utility, design or the absurd.

Broom Cupboard is made from wood, aluminium and woollen tassels. It is approximately 6 feet high, 18 inches across and 6 inches deep and suitable for outdoors. The design is to echo the cabinets of Dagobert Peche (1887 – 1923).

**Thompson Amanda** – Totems, prayer wheels, dream sticks are symbolic and often represent thoughts, feelings, ideas and sometimes truths. I climbed mountains in the Himalayas over forty years ago and found the prayer wheels a great comfort when the way seemed often difficult and obscure. We are all living in turbulent times and it has had a negative effect on our mental wellness.

These twelve Mantra words I have used every day since the age of eight. Breathe, Compose, Think, Silence, Movement, Ability, Strength, Intelligence, Love, Trust, Belief and Acceptance.

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