Frances Carlile
Sculptor

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.

Small Vessel. Cuttlefish, bark (photo Mud and Thunder)
Small Vessel. Cuttlefish, bark (photo Mud and Thunder)
 
Cross-Currents (photo Mud and Thunder)
Cross-Currents (photo Mud and Thunder)

I make large site responsive installations as well as small individual pieces. The work is imaginative and informed by myths and legends, voyages, navigation and the stars.

 
Small driftwood vessel. Copper plated egg wrack, periwinkle, driftwood (photo Mud and Thunder)
Small driftwood vessel. Copper plated egg wrack, periwinkle, driftwood (photo Mud and Thunder)
Large star fish. Common starfish, sugar kelp (photo Mud and Thunder)
Large star fish. Common starfish, sugar kelp (photo Mud and Thunder)

Frances is part of Vulgar Earth environmental artists' collective.