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Trace Elements

By Jane Ponsford 2010
Work made during a residency at ACS International School, Cobham. During the project I worked collaboratively with pupils throughout the school, casting paper and colouring it with traces of material from the local landscape. We found pollen, mud, pine needles and ash from Eyjafjallajokull, the Icelandic volcano.
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Way-markers: cluster

Cast lengths of handmade paper grouped together to form a landscape inspired by contours on a map. Made with The Junior Art School at The Lightbox Gallery, Woking as part of the 'Recycled By Design' project. First shown in a solo exhibition, 'Translations', at the Lightbox in 2008, this is one of several iterations of the work.

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