“Journeys”
Jill and Seth Draper exhibit together for the first time.
“The exhibition charts the journeys we have both made but in totally different mediums. It shows our mutual interest in all things coastal and the common threads that run through our individual works over the years.
Jill offers some rarely seen landscape embroideries from her personal collection alongside her recent watercolours.
Seth shows his latest collection of seaside themed automata, sculptures and wall hangings, made from driftwood and recycled materials along with work from throughout his career including some of his early ceramics .
Long shadows jill draper
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Jill Draper
“After gaining a degree in Printed Textiles, I spent many years using fabric dye and machine embroidery as my mediums for depicting the landscape. I learnt the possibilities and limitations of these, and wanting a change of direction and challenge, have now chosen to concentrate on working in watercolour and water-soluble pencils on paper.
In both disciplines the process of analysis is the same- working out a sequence of layering to achieve the finished image, and my obsession for detail is undiminished. I have always been fascinated by the textures, patterns, colours and play of light in the landscape and within water, and trying to capture them is my passion.”
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Seth Draper
Seth Draper
Seth Draper
“I make a mixture of sculptures, wall hangings and automaton inspired by the sea and coastline that I grew up around. My work is made using driftwood, recycled tin cans and any other bits of flotsam and jetsam that I can find.
I grew up on the coast in East Anglia and spent many happy days taking in the delights of the seaside; from crabbing at Walberswick to trawling the local beaches for shells, that elusive piece of amber or maybe even a fossil.
Having moved to Cardiff for University my beachcombing continued. I developed a love for the bits of driftwood with flaky paint and gorgeous rusty patina that washed up on the rocky Welsh coastline. At University I began to make my playful ceramic boats. Over the years I have developed my work in driftwood and tin and I am hopefully carrying on that playful theme in my current work.”
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