'UNEARTHED'
An Exhibition of Place, Memory and Material.
The Parish Rooms, Cookham. 10-5, September 12-13th 2026
The Parish Rooms, Cookham. 10-5, September 12-13th 2026
Three artists respond to the University of Reading’s archaeological excavation of an early medieval monastic site alongside the Thames at Cookham. Exploring how objects, materials and traces of making connect us with lives over 1,300 years ago. Part of the Friends of Cookham Abbey’s ongoing commitment to artistic collaboration and creative engagement with heritage.
Emma Przygrodzka explores clay, memory and place through ceramic responses to Saxon Pottery, reimagining vessels shaped by touch and time. Phillipa Shire Oudekerk works with fragments, impressions and materials gathered from the excavation, creating pieces that reflect landscape, discovery and memory. Sarah Horlock responds to archaeological traces of remembrance, using porcelain and print to explore memorial, record and gestures of care that remain.
Together these artworks form UNEARTHED – an exhibition exploring material, memory and human traces that endure. We’d love to share our creative journeys with you at the Cookham Parish Centre (SL6 9SN), part of the Cookham and Maidenhead Arts Trail, alongside the Heritage Open Days event at the adjacent Holy Trinity Church.
'The Garden Comes Inside'
Caroline Fisher Projects, Bolwick Hall
9th May - 24th May , 2026
'The Garden Comes Inside' is a Caroline Fisher Projects exhibition at the beautiful setting of Bolwick Hall, as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, running from 9th to the 24th May, 2026. The exhibition follows on from Caroline's successful show at the prestigious 'COLLECT' art and craft event at Somerset House earlier this year. The exhibition, which included ceramic artists such as Nessie Stonebridge and Helena Lacy (see main image) explored the theme of bringing wild materials, plants and animals into a domestic setting. The second part of the exhibition staged within Bolwick Hall, a historic hall and landscape park, broadens the theme out to include further artists and mediums. See website for more details. Drawing a connection with ancient artefacts and ceramics found within the soil at Bolwick Hall that now reside in the House, Carline has selected some vessels from my Precious Cups series.
'Ground up' Exhibition
Groundwork Gallery, King's Lynn
12th October - 14th December 2024
This summer I was thrilled to take part in the 'Extraction' residency programme with the Groundwork Gallery in King's Lynn as a local 'Associate Artist'. As with previous years the artists were invited to explore ideas and issues related to extraction and extractivism, with a specific focus on the concept of 'Ground up'; what is taken from the earth and the seas, what we do with it, what we ought to be concerned about, and how we communicate these ideas and issues more widely. Over 20 UK and international artists took part and the first of two exhibitions associated with the residency programme is running at Groundwork Gallery, King's Lynn, from 12th October to 14 December 2024. Go to GROUND UP Page to see how my residency developed over the summer and to follow the creative journey that led to my exhibition pieces.
'Between River and Reed' Exhibition,
8th-25th June 2022, Skippings Gallery, Great Yarmouth,
9th August-31st October 2022, The Assemby House, Norwich.
In 2021 I was selected as one of five artists to work for a year on The Broads Authority ‘Water Mills and Marshes’ Landscape Partnership Project,- a multi-disciplinary project that aimed to foster public engagement in the natural and built environment, heritage and community of the Norfolk Broads, supported by the National Lottery Fund. Alongside other artists Liz Brandon-Jones, Louise Dougherty, Kazz Morohashi and Simon Nunn, we were asked to engage with a particular community and landscape within the Broads and to develop and create site-specific artworks for an exhibition 'Between River and Reed', curated by Caroline Fisher, at The Skippings Gallery, Great Yarmouth, 8th-25th June 2022, and The Assembly House, Norwich, 9th August-31st October 2022, The exhibition ranged from film, sculpture/ceramics, painting, drawing and print, bringing this subtle, yet complex landscape to life.
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'Winter Group Show'
The Old Harness Makers Gallery, Harleston. December 2020, 2021.
I'm so pleased that my archaeologically inspired ceramics will be included in 'The Old Harness Maker's Gallery' Winter group show and selling exhibition again this year. Showcasing pieces from a wonderful range of East Anglian artists and makers, curated by the talented abstract artist Lisa Henshall. The show and sale will run from throughout December in Lisa's beautiful gallery in Harleston.
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'Palimpsest' Anglian Potters Exhibition
Ferini Gallery, Pakefield. 2nd October - 1st November 2020.
Selected pieces of archaeologically and geologically inspired vessels have been included in the Anglian Potters 'Palimpsest' Exhibition at the Ferini Gallery in Pakefield. Running from 2nd October to 1st November 2020, the show includes a wonderful variety of work from Anglian Potters group members on the theme of Palimpsests - an idea that is central to much of my work!