Patricia Millar
Patricia Millar references archaic domestic forms preserved within the landscape. The potency of these ancient vessels inspires not only form but the methods by which she works. Using Ice Age gravels from ditches that criss-cross fields, glacial clays deposited from springs along basalt cliffs and ash glaze from coppiced woodland, rushes and grasses, her vessels celebrate the form, colour and texture of their geological and anthropological origins.
In the wetlands of Europe, stories of bog butter ignited her imagination. This installation of absorbed vessels, as if rediscovered from an encroaching, living bogland, inspires hope. As we battle to conserve our wetlands the land has its own ability to restore, assimilating the detritus of human activity.
Contact
20 Isle Road
Bushmills
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT57 8XR
+44 (0)7980 558 958
Collect Open
Collect Open is the fair’s platform for pioneering and thought-provoking craft installations by individual artists and collectives. This year's exhibitors are as follows.
Anna Bera (Poland; wood/glass)
Belinda Coyne (UK; vitreous enamel/Steel
Bridget Bailey (UK; textiles/natural materials)
Epona Smith (UK; silver)
Greg Kent (UK; wood)
Helen Pailing (UK; glass)
Louise Frances Smith(UK; seaweed bioplastic)
Michèle Oberdieck (UK; glass)
Olga Prinku (UK; textiles/natural materials)
Patricia Millar (Northern Ireland; ceramics)
Sarah Brown (UK; glass)
Sarah Villeneau (UK; ceramics)
Theo Brooks (USA; glass)
Zena Holloway (UK; textiles/natural materials)
