ART and PLACE

Taking My Felt for a Walk

Rosie is on an artistic journey, exploring Arts and Place in rugged environments from Dartmoor to Iceland and beyond. These landscapes offer freedom of expression and a huge canvas for ideas.

Her ongoing project “Taking My Felt for a Walk”, follows her lava felt on its adventures while capturing the moment through photography.

Colour is central to Rosie’s practice with red energising the muted, wild and desolate places she explores.  Felt represents healing, a second skin, offering protection and comfort in this unforgiving world.  Felt is raw, natural, earthy - one of the earliest man-made materials. Rosie’s work re-generates this ancient process.

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My work is about the emotional and psychological impact of ‘Space and Place’. I want to find within the ordinary and overlooked that which speaks of other realms and possibilities. I invite the imagination to participate in the transformation.

@richardbrayshaw

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Julie Massie is a ceramic wall artist who creates tactile works from stained shards of porcelain clay. She graduated with an MA in Ceramics from UCA Farnham, where she developed a strong interest in surface, materiality, and sensory engagement. Her practice focuses on textured surfaces and irregular edges that invite viewers to engage physically with the artwork, gently challenging the long-held gallery convention of “do not touch.” By encouraging this instinctive response, Julie aims to create a deeper, more personal connection between the viewer and the piece.

Her inspiration comes from the Dorset coastline, an area of striking beauty and international importance, defined by its fragility and constant change. Powerful winter waves shape the land, creating erosion, movement, and a distinctive colour palette of black tones, cold greys, greens, and muted blues. These qualities are reflected in Julie’s fragmented forms and layered surfaces. Her work explores the senses, particularly touch, sight, and sound - inviting quiet reflection and immersive engagement.

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