How has Bucks Mills Cabin inspired your work? What makes this place special?
I grew up in North Devon and as a child my family spent a lot of time at Bucks Mills on the beach. We must have walked past the Cabin countless times; I had no idea of the time capsule inside.
Spending time in the Cabin was amazing, I loved all the paper bags full of candles and materials bought locally, from shops that don’t even exist anymore, well except Blanchards that is.
I remember seeing the dioramas that the women made when I was a child, especially the one of Mary painting in the landscape, which is now on display at the Burton art gallery. I researched the technique they invented called Jackanda where they used compressed cotton to create models. I work with lens tissue, which has a similarly soft appearance, and will be showing my encased drawings and objects at the cabin as homage to Judith and Mary’s work.