a response to a walking exploration of the Garw valley, south Wales

exhibited at The Laundrette, Bristol

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For once I found myself not delving into the history of a place, but into the materiality, which allowed the history to evolve. Into the rock. Into the water. And into the vestiges of rusted iron dotted throughout the landscape. I wander along tracks in the hills that emerged to serve the past. My own presence emerges from the land as a result, dragging metal behind me as I go. Metal clashing with rock in the valley once again. The old metal has been deliberately hidden deep in the earth to be forgotten. But I see rusty coloured water seeping from the stone to form a puddle, betraying its presence.

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emergence
Sculptural installation comprised of screen print on rusted iron plate and partially rusted iron plate on wooden shelf made from Garw valley chapel pew, and rusted iron plate
dimensions variable
2026

metal dragged over rock:
a record of a walk in copper and aluminium
sculptural installation comprised of copper plate, aluminium plate, drypoint prints on Somerset paper, screenprint on Somerset paper and rocks from Garw valley
dimensions variable
2026

listen for him in the rippling of the stream
Sculptural installation comprised of rocks and rusted tractor fuel engine sourced from Garw valley, rusty water and tray soiled with iron deposit from copper etching process
60cm x 70cm x 30cm
2026