Papur yn Ededyn~ Paper and Thread exhibition by DAC Artists Vivian Rhule and Lynne Beb

The exhibition opens at 2pm Saturday 1st November at Queen Street Gallery, Neath. It will run until 29th November.

Vivian Rhule: 

From a young age, l have had a natural affinity with plant life. As did my mother.

Always wanting to know and learn their names and what growing conditions they like, and loving their varieties, textures,shape, and colour.

And that has not left me.

Always adhering to the 'Pick some and leave some' way of preserving for the future.

Here expressing my inspiration from what is in my landscape. 

Wool, Flax, local Hard rush,twisted paper string,

Husk, some mother tongue and local plant names.

Sewn, Felted ,Woven ,knitted ,Netting Crocheted celebrating natural materials. Play and see what materials can do, and have done in the past.

These natural materials are my playground for relearing ,sharing and celebrating the 2% difference between plant life and humans.

Today, we live in a world where major businesses are ruling nature with no commitment to the care or health of nature.

Even though it is the source of their wealth.

Leaving a legacy of Soil erosion land or lack of land where communities,their language and cultures that are lost and displaced.

Red listed endangered plant and wildlife. Seeds needing to be archived and banked . 

Yet we could respect the 2% of separation that we share with plant life.

We celebrate our life and death.Mark time. With plants , that we smell touch eat, and heal.

We may understand that we are codependent and respect their need for sustainability as we do our own need for sustainability. 

Lynne Bebb:

We are confronted on a daily basis with the consequences of global warming, rising sea levels, dwindling resources, inequality, popularism, and right-wing politics. I have posed some unexpected, whimsical solutions using recycled materials to focus on the need for radical thinking.

My sculpture suggests adopting new approaches to urban planning, a regenerative more imaginative use of materials, and a re-evaluation of spiritual, moral, and intellectual values.