Frances Carlile
Sculptor and printmaker

I work directly with the landscape, both as a source of inspiration and of materials found. I use fragments of the real landscape from hedgerows, moorland and the sea shore and construct them into fragile sculpture. I employ motifs of house, tree and boat to explore ideas of solitude, quietness and stillness. They provide a human scale and presence in an otherwise limitless landscape.

 
Up to the Chapter House
Up to the Chapter House
Sailing Leaf Vessel
Sailing Leaf Vessel
Vessels at the Turn of the Steps
Vessels at the Turn of the Steps

I use print to provide depth, to develop the work from another angle and for its rich narrative potential.

I am part of Vulgar Earth artists' collective.