BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7422@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230628T160000 DTSTAMP:20230607T210300Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/independents-biennial-fleece-flo w-sian-hughes/ SUMMARY:Bridewell Studios and Gallery: Independents Biennial: Fleece: Flow - Sian Hughes DESCRIPTION:Fleece: Flow\, Sian Hughes\nBridewell Studios &\; Gallery\, L7 8UL\nDate(s): 22/06/2023 - 28/06/2023\n11:00 am - 4:00 pm\n\nSian Hugh es\, Fleece: Flow\nBridewell Studios &\; Gallery\, 22-28 June\n\n‘Fra gments in Time: Flow’ was inspired by my realisation that the tidal est uary of Traeth Mawr behind Porthmadog\, was lost when the cob was built by William Maddock in 1811 to drain the land.\n\nI used scores of tiny porce lain boats to re-create the flow of water and currents that would have exi sted before the cob was built.\n\nIt is gratifying to have this legacy opp ortunity from my initial installation.  The Bridewell space enables me  to re-visit my original idea and to nuance and re-focus it to fit a new sp ace and location.\n\nHere\, in ‘Fleece:Flow’\,  the coracle I made f or ‘Fragments …‘ is the central focus\, with the flow of water acr oss the Gallery space being represented by sheep fleeces rather than porce lain boats.  In this metaphorical flow\,  black and white porcelain bowl s\,  patterned to echo the ash lathes of a traditional coracle frame\, be come smaller vessels\,  caught in the current.\n\nThe fleeces were left b ehind from an installation at the Bridewell last year where Irene Rogan bu rned sheep fleeces to highlight what farmers are now forced to do\, due to the loss of a profitable wool market in the UK and the subsequent lack   of value and sales.\n\nI have rescued four of these fleeces to use in my i nstallation.\n\nBoth Fragments in Time: Flow and Fleece: Flow\, reflect loss. The first being the loss of the tidal estuary.\n\nFleece: Flow ref lects on the loss of old ways …from the traditional use of coracles to c ross rivers and bodies of water\, to their use in guiding sheep across riv ers to wash the fleeces prior to shearing –  and the disappearing tradi tional skills and materials in the art of coracle making itself.\n\nThese installations have been made possible by grants from the Arts Council of W ales in 2019 and 2022\n\nAbout the artists: Sian Hughes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/06/Coracle-Fleece-Porcelain-Sian-Hughes-scaled-1.jpg LOCATION:Bridewell Studios and Gallery\, 101 Prescot Street\, Liverpool\, L 7 8UL\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.410436;-2.967006 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=101 Prescot Street\, Liverp ool\, L7 8UL\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bride well Studios and Gallery:geo:53.410436,-2.967006 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR