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Kristina Veasey

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Multi-layered artist. Sculpture, installation, crafts, digital art/sound/film. Identity, routines, connection, provocation, commonalities & difference

Just reviewing footage from our Capturing the Fore Just reviewing footage from our Capturing the Forest workshop where we embodied and interpreted elements of the forest; wind, water, trees and wildlife. Was going to share some of it on here, but setting it to music gave it a whole new vibe and seems to have revealed a hidden rave!

#forest #movement #southdownsnationalpark #unexpectedtwist #artist

Reel shows workshop participants making physical movements akin to dancing.
Making Lake Pigments for natural paints, for use i Making Lake Pigments for natural paints, for use in a forest workshop as part of my Capturing the Forest residency with @southdownsnp

I love it when science and art come together!

#lakepigment #naturalpaints #forestart #artistworkshops #southdownsnationalpark

Reel shows the process of making paints from apple bark and leaves, ending with paints being used in a creative workshop.
Coming soon to my Etsy shop Off-Kilter Works (link Coming soon to my Etsy shop Off-Kilter Works (linktree in bio). Lots of gorgeous textures and forms inspired by forest.

#ceramicvase #ceramiccollection #artbuyers #forestlovers #wildclay

Reel shows textured crumbly ceramic vase from different angles
Forest immersion has very real scientific benefits Forest immersion has very real scientific benefits for our health. Breathing in terpenes, emitted by trees, helps to raise serotonin levels and the number NK cells in our system. In some countries, like Japan, doctors prescribe forest walks alongside medication, and city planners design wooded parks that encourage visitors to be amongst the trees for optimum lengths of time, breathing in those terpenes.

#forest #forestbathing #shinrinyoku #health #wellbeing

Image shows woman with blue hair laying on a bed in a forest glade.
Have you ever wondered what a forest smells like a Have you ever wondered what a forest smells like after the rain, or how the texture of local clay changes as you hold it?

Join local visual artist Kristina Veasey for a unique, relaxed, and fully inclusive indoor workshop right on the edge of Friston Forest and the Cuckmere river. As an artist who experiences the world through synaesthesia and sensory explosions, Kristina will guide you to connect with the beautiful South Downs landscape using all of your senses.

Who is this for?

Absolutely everyone. You do not need to be "good at art" to attend. This workshop is open to anyone who loves nature and wants to try something new. Whether you are an experienced creative or feel completely daunted by a paintbrush, you will find a warm, supportive, and accessible space here.

Message me to book or ask questions :)

#forest #art #synaesthesia #dorodango #inclusive
Free creative workshops! Art and nature in the Sou Free creative workshops! Art and nature in the South Downs

I am excited to be artist in residence at South Downs National Park this summer, based at the Seven Sisters Centre (between Friston Forest and the Cuckmere). I am continuing my work on how we connect to nature, the well-being benefits of forests, and finding ways to access to natural landscapes.

I am running two creative workshops which are funded by SDNP, so free to participants, and are open to all ages and abilities. One is now fully booked but the one on Weds August 5th 1-4pm still has spaces available.
If you or anyone you know might be interested in booking a place, please let me know.

Either message me or comment below and I will send more info.
🌳🌿🍄🪾🍁🪳🪲🪻🌼🐾🐟🦭🦑

@southdownsnp #capturingtheforest #nature #sensory #art #forest

Image shows woman with blue hair sitting crossed legged in a sunny forest clearing, examining a wild flower
Pleased to launch my first Etsy shop, Off-Kilter W Pleased to launch my first Etsy shop, Off-Kilter Works! I'm tentatively stepping into the marketplace with some of my artworks and would love for you to visit. At the moment I have a selection of ceramics up and ready and I am adding more all the time. There will soon be other homewares, cushions etc as well. It's taking time so bear with me, but in the meantime if you like what you see please do share, favorite or like the page/items etc, anything to get the algorithms doing their thing.
Thank you 🙏🫶
Link in linktree!

#etsy #ceramics #original #forest #fungi

Reel shows a selection of ceramic sculptures based on fungi forms and an invitation to visit the Etsy shop, Off-Kilter Works.
Damn it, my scooter died! Reposting this insight i Damn it, my scooter died!
Reposting this insight into the highs and lows of accessing the great outdoors when you're disabled. Today even this frustrating journey can't be made as my scooter has decided to pack up. Luckily I was only yards from my car when it died and had someone with me to help. Now I'm marooned until/if it can be fixed. I am very privileged to have even had this scooter, so I recognise that luxury, and in turn the luxury of accessing the countryside, so this isn't meant as a moan, but more to highlight the additional costs of being disabled. Costs on freedom and wallet! Fingers crossed it can be resurrected 🤞

#access #nature #countryside #disabled #disabilityarts

Reel shows footage of woman encountering padlocked gates and random steps as she tries to use her mobility scooter to access the forest,and shows the freedom she experiences when she finds areas of good access.
Here's one I made earlier! Once you start working Here's one I made earlier!
Once you start working with wild clay, you see it everywhere. The variety of colours are intriguing and the excitement of stumbling across it brings me real joy. There's a conversation that happens with the earth, quite literally. I sense it's offering to me, it's a spiritual 'voice' and I respond vocally with grateful thanks and solemn intentions of caring for our planet. This conversation extends into the making process where the materials and I become one; I channel thoughts and manipulate the clay, and in turn the clay guides my hands, it resists, flows and changes states. It can be a fruitful conversation. But, we don't always see eye to eye and there are times I recognise we're just not in sync and we both need to take some time out. But the moments we meld into each other and just flow, they're where the magic happens. 💫 ✨⭐

#clay #sculpture #ceramics #wildclaypottery #artist

Reel shows artist holding a very large rustic ceramic bowl covered in wild clay slips, followed by images of the bowl from various viewpoints highlighting it's very rough and textured exterior.
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