Pond:Mere, Rune and Flint (6)
Created on: Sunday, February 16, 2020
Pond: Mere, Rune and Flint is a direct response to the quiet beauty and mystery of the ancient ponds around me in Selborne, Hampshire, England.
Ponds are a common feature of the landscape, and in early human settlements they were a shared water resource for humans and animals. On areas of common land used for grazing livestock, ponds were essential. Ponds are not connected to each other or to other water bodies; they are only fed by rainwater or groundwater.
The rich and complex ecosystem that relies on each small pond became especially threatened during the summer of 2018 when there was a drought in Southern England.
One Saxon era pond – Wood Pond on Selborne Common, Hampshire, England - virtually dried up. In exploring what Saxon farmers in Selborne might have done in response to drought, I ask what action do we in the twenty-first century have in our power to do in the face of drought, flood and our changing climate?
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Dragonfly
Watercolour on acetate layers.
14” x 17”, (35.5cm x 43.1cm)
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Flint 3
Oil on canvas
16” x 16” (40cm x 40cm)
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Pond 2
Watercolour on acetate layers
8.27” x 11.69”
(21.0cm x 29.7cm)
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Ponds 4
Watercolour on acetate layers,
8.27” x 11.69” (21.0 x 29.7cm)
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Pond 6
Watercolour on acetate layers
8.27” x 11.69”
(21.0cm x 29.7cm)
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Lagusz: Runes for water
Installation view
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