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Jane Ponsford


Artist and papermaker

Esher, England

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    Paper can be seen as the traditional material to record the world around us. It collects marks and traces and catches light and casts shadows. It is this responsive quality which attracts Jane Ponsford to paper-making. Much of her work is made in response to walking through specific landscapes and in relation to particular places and the materials found there. She uses mainly cotton and linen pulps to make sculptural installations, objects and book-works.

    Focus:
    Papermaking
    CV:
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    Stockists:
    • The New Craftsmen
    • Gallery 57
    • Make Hauser & Wirth
    • Sarah Myerscough Gallery

    Broken Beauty at Collect 2021 with Sarah Myerscough Gallery

    26 February - 2 March 2021

    I’m very happy to be showing some workers part of 'Broken Beauty' with Sarah Myerscough Gallery at Collect this year, albeit online. The exhibition will be launching virtually and through a series of talks as part of Craft Council’s Collect Art Fair in February and then an enlarged physical exhibition will take place during London Craft Week in May 2021. “Broken Beauty explores the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability. In particular, the artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and fragility, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature. By considering beauty as broken, the aesthetic vision, material content and innovative processes involved in these artworks highlight nature’s imperfections; beauty is found through rich character, a knowingness and an honesty regarding the fallibility found in all living things.'

    Art In Action

    14 July 2016

    I'll be at Art in Action with other tutors from West Dean where we will be running short courses and demonstrations. There will also be an exhibition of the work of the tutors involved. More information about my papermaking course soon.

    'Passing Moment' Installation, Winchester City Museum

    10 October 2015

    10 October – 7 November 2015, ‘Passing Moment’ installation, made up of 14 vessels filled with handcast paper forms inspired by a walk on the chalk paths near Winchester. Winchester City Museum, Winchester, Hampshire as part of 10 Days Chalk

    Stroud International Textiles Select Showcase

    23 October 2015

    I will be showing work on 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 at The Select Showcase with SITselect and I will also be running a Papermaking Workshop and Talk on 24 October : Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA.

    Paper can be seen as the traditional material to record the world around us. It collects marks and traces and catches light and casts shadows. It is this responsive quality which attracts Jane Ponsford to paper-making. Much of her work is made in response to walking through specific landscapes and in relation to particular places and the materials found there. She uses mainly cotton and linen pulps to make sculptural installations, objects and book-works.

    Focus:
    Papermaking
    CV:
    Download document
    Stockists:
    • The New Craftsmen
    • Gallery 57
    • Make Hauser & Wirth
    • Sarah Myerscough Gallery

    Broken Beauty at Collect 2021 with Sarah Myerscough Gallery

    26 February - 2 March 2021

    I’m very happy to be showing some workers part of 'Broken Beauty' with Sarah Myerscough Gallery at Collect this year, albeit online. The exhibition will be launching virtually and through a series of talks as part of Craft Council’s Collect Art Fair in February and then an enlarged physical exhibition will take place during London Craft Week in May 2021. “Broken Beauty explores the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability. In particular, the artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and fragility, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature. By considering beauty as broken, the aesthetic vision, material content and innovative processes involved in these artworks highlight nature’s imperfections; beauty is found through rich character, a knowingness and an honesty regarding the fallibility found in all living things.'

    Art In Action

    14 July 2016

    I'll be at Art in Action with other tutors from West Dean where we will be running short courses and demonstrations. There will also be an exhibition of the work of the tutors involved. More information about my papermaking course soon.

    'Passing Moment' Installation, Winchester City Museum

    10 October 2015

    10 October – 7 November 2015, ‘Passing Moment’ installation, made up of 14 vessels filled with handcast paper forms inspired by a walk on the chalk paths near Winchester. Winchester City Museum, Winchester, Hampshire as part of 10 Days Chalk

    Stroud International Textiles Select Showcase

    23 October 2015

    I will be showing work on 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 at The Select Showcase with SITselect and I will also be running a Papermaking Workshop and Talk on 24 October : Cheltenham Town Hall, Imperial Square GL50 1QA.

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