“The studio is missing its visitors this year and especially what was to be our open weekend at the beginning of October. But work continues; I am beginning to realise that you cannot put a creative brain into isolation it just keeps giving. So, I have been working on a textile hanging using the natural dyes that I have been making, called ‘living colours’ as they do tend to subtly change with age, weather etc. This is for the Thame Art Crawl that will be on view at Thame Library from 14th Oct to 20th October 2020 and will be on show next time the studio is open.
I have updated my website during lockdown so that is another way to see my work at present - www.hunterbooks.co.uk.
Seeds and the beauty of their shapes when seen close up have been my focus this 6 months and as you can imagine Turn End has plenty for me to work on. I have also been interested in the seed banks around the world including Kew Gardens (Wakehurst) that have been set up to preserve all known seeds. The latest research done by the Crop Trust https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/ into ‘wild cousins’ seems to me to be worth noting as the populations of the world needs feeding. These seeds stored in Sweden could be used for new medicines and don’t we need that right now”.
Heather Hunter, Turn End’s Artist in Residence
Hellebore seed emerging
