Images from the project – locations, people and artwork.
Images above courtesy of Steve Essex ‘Knotted Identities Launch’ at Bolton Gate, Weston Coyney, September 11th 2022.
Framed works by Stockton Brook and Biddulph participants in the cafe space at Bolton Gate, Weston Coyney
Ceramic artwork from the Butterton group
Gelli printed, folded booklets, inspired by local Moorlands foliage by the Leek group
Gelli printed fabric and quilting by Eileen Shaw (Biddulph) and ceramic pieces by Vinney (Tean) and Jacqui (Butterton).
Four pieces of Gelli printed works by the Biddulph group –
Chris, Mary, Patricia and Frank.
Gary Longden’s cinquains for each of the nine locations.
[audios coming soon]
Ceramic pieces by Longnor participants and their accompanying audio postcards placed underneath the works.
Images from around the Moorlands by E. D. Varughese
Haylage bales, Hollington in the South Moorlands, Summer 2022Sunset, Tean in the South Moorlands, June 2022Views from Morridge, Summer 2022Freshly cut grass, Morridge, Summer 2022 Stanley Moor, Autumn 2022Horse brass, unknown age, personal collection ‘Staffordshire: The Knot Unites’Churnet Valley Railway, CheaddletonDilhorne to Blakeley LaneAutumnal Skyline at Alton Towers’ ‘ScareFest’, Oct 2022
Above – On the road from High Shutt to Threapwood, looking out over the valley towards Oakamoor and Alton; tower at the old dye works in Upper Tean, Autumn 2022.
Above – between Dilhorne, Godley Brook and Cheadle in the December frost, 2022. Kite flying in the Weaver Hills near Wardlow, summer 2022.
Knotted Identities 