FROM THE CRADLE.....
Barclays Bank
8 Alexandra Rd
SW19 7LA
Friday July 5th and Saturday 6th
Elspeth Penfold is a painter, printer, weaver and maker of installations.Her installations are site responsive and include:
“Impossible Weaving” (Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, January 2010) ,
Gaucho Sunset (commission for the Oyster Festival July 2012),
Lobster Pot Garden (Whitstable Biennale Satellite Program 2012)
Elspeth was also part of a studio team working on Maria Nepomuceno’s installation at the Turner Contemporary, in Margate.http://www.turnercontemporary.org/exhibitions/maria-nepomuceno
“From the Cradle......” is a piece which takes as its inspiration a poem by the chilean artist Cecilia Vicuna , Impossible Weaving,
”..to think is to spin, let it hang from a thread....handspun, the thought of the hand....”
and the work of William Morris, How We Live and How We Might Live.
For more about Elspeth and her work please visit:
She can be contacted on: elspethpenfold@yahoo.co.uk and is happy to welcome visitors to her studio in,Wimbledon, London.
Recent exhibitions include:
Colorida Art Gallery Lisbon, exhibition of paintings -December 2012
Galeria de Marchi, Bologna, Little Treasures exhibition curated by Paola Trevisan, Trevisan International Art. April 2013
Gallery 2 exhibition, Discovery, Horsebridge Centre Whitstable May 2013
Forthcoming:
Print Fair, Sydney Cooper Gallery Canterbury July 31st - August 31st.
