Earth Womb

Falmouth Uni Fine Art Degree Show- May 2023
Approx. 2m x 2m x 1.5m
Steel, Chicken wire, Cob mixture (soil, sand, straw), Gunwalloe clay, Hand-spun wool dyed with madder root

Come, sit, meditate.
Go inwards to reflect. Into nature. Into the earth and become grounded.
Let yourself be rekindled in this sacred, safe space. In a womb which holds beginning and restoration.
Just be and connect to the earth around you.
Look out into nature, then become rebirthed into it.

An intimate sacred space as Nature’s womb.
Inspired by Cornish Fogous which are underground chambers made around the Iron age. They have unknown purposes but are believed to be spiritual sites of rituals, being womb-like spaces connecting Earth and spirit. So here is a space to reflect and connect, to connect to the ground and the earth where we are birthed from. Made with a cob mixture using clay foraged from Gunwalloe, the whole process physically, emotionally and spiritually connected me to the earth.