7th June 2023: Slow Ways – Hiking alone to one of Britain’s least-used stations

by genevieverudd | Jun 12, 2023 | Blog

As part of my quarterly commission to create a Slow Ways story, I chose to walk from Great Yarmouth into the marsh and wetlands of Breydon Water. As part of my story, I created some artwork inspired by the experience after the walk

The full article, including the artwork, can be seen on the Slow Ways website

“I cut out silhouette shapes of me, photographed on the walk, to expose on the papers over three days. Due to the variable and experimental nature of the process, the red poppy turned purple, from the buttercup and lichen a curved watermark has appeared, and the figure in the fennel is barely there: my silhouette has fully assimilated into the plantscape!

Whilst waiting for the Anthotype prints to sun themselves, I played with my gelli plate, to create some small postcards celebrating the Spring abundance and sweeping lines in the landscape. Eventually, my Anthotypes will fade away, as a non-fixed photographic process, but for a long time I’ll remember the abundant mayflower blossoms and vast skies at Breydon Water.”

13th February 2023: Window exhibition in Sea Palling, Norfolk

by genevieverudd | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog

With thanks to support from curator Alison Holden-Standley, a selection of my recent artwork is on display at Beach Road, Sea Palling, North Norfolk. The venue is next to the Beach Rock Bistro, whilst the beach shop is closed during the off season. The window display of my work will be shown during the February half-term, from Saturday 18th February. The artworks include my ongoing Earth Light Paintings series. These have been created using local river, cliff and sea foraged materials, with photographic processes, to explore coastal climate change. In one of the windows is also the plant-dyed textile banner I worked on, partly, at The Yare Gallery in Great Yarmouth last year. This was created between Autumn Equinox 2021 to 2022, using locally foraged and grown plants and sunlight to dye

31st January 2023: Slow Ways – Stitches in the water

by genevieverudd | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog

This year, I’ve been commissioned by Slow Ways to create walking stories. Slow Ways is creating a network of walking routes across the UK and asking people to walk, review and engage with the paths across the UK. For my first story Stiches in the water, I wanted to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great North Sea Flood in 1953 in January 2023. I’ve been exploring this theme through my work at Under Open Sky recently, and I felt drawn to see where the route took me

After taking the 7 mile route at the end of January, I spent sometime exploring what sights and sensations visually. I created a triptych of photographic painting, which will form part of my Earth Light Paintings series, created using collected cliff sand. I’m grateful to the Slow Ways for gifting me this time to walk, reflect and create

Hopton-on-Sea was living up to its name; the seawards edge felt sharp and stark. The coastal defences looked like stitches in the water. Much of this part of the route was unreachable, so I followed the redirected signs inland pointing to the ‘Alternative Coast Path’, through the caravans and fields. As I moved away from the sea, the sounds changed. The whooshing of the wind and sea was replaced by speeding cars and vans on the A47 across the ploughed land. I was unsure, again, what the next turn would be.

Unsure whether if or when I revisited this path again, would it exist? How far inland will the path travel on its Alternative Route? Or will we need to adapt further, beyond retreating and defending, like the Moken people of East Asia? These communities have learned to travel further into deeper waters for safety when the seas rise, like the dolphins do, as they have kept alive their water wisdom.

Read the full story on the Slow Ways website