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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

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.
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@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 πŸ™πŸ«Ά
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. πŸ’« ✨⭐

#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.
Painting with earth pigments, materials collected Painting with earth pigments, materials collected on forest walks and processed back home. Layering, scratching and smudging; I lost myself in this process. A remote forest immersion and sensory relay between mind, hands and materials. Interesting to see how my painting echoes my ceramic work. Something I only noticed when filming the wall hanging at the end. 

Scroll back to earlier Capturing the Forest posts for pots of dyes and filters of lake pigments, found clays, campfire charcoal, early forest painting tutorials and wet and windy painting sessions in the forest. 

#artist #access #nature #disabilityarts #naturalpaints

Reel shows artist using sticks and fingers to apply natural materials to a canvas, then hanging out on a wall.
Accessing the countryside as a disabled person can Accessing the countryside as a disabled person can be difficult. Natural landscapes aren't always friendly and even crutches, walkers and wheelchairs can't always cut it, especially when the good old British weather comes into play. But more and more outdoor spaces are offering scooter hire for their visitors, which is more than welcome. Mobility equipment is not always affordable and heavy-duty off-road scooters require transport and storage that aren't possible for many of us. Providing the resources needed for equal access allows disabled people (and their friends and families) to enjoy the countryside and connect with nature.
For the last few years Capturing the Forest has explored the ways we connect with nature. The issue that framed the development of the entire project, was access - Looking at the multisystemic ways we experience forest, how we access and connect with it, and how we might capture the essence of it so we can share with those who can't get there in person.
This project emerged after my own experience as an already disabled person, falling down a flight of stairs and ending up bed and house bound for several months. My longing for the healing and sensory input from the forest shaped the research that followed. And the practical difficulties in accessing the forest shaped not only how I accessed the forest itself, but also the resulting artwork and immersive installation it produced. Mud and rain should really take a lot of the credit for the resulting artwork!
But if we're giving out credit, it should also go to those who are offering scooter hire and taking a small step to making a big difference to how we can access wilder spaces. πŸ™ 🌳 πŸ‘«β™Ώ 

#forest #countryside #access #disabled #artist

Reel shows artist accessing the forest with crutches and mobility scooter
Reviewing images from my Capturing the Forest R&D Reviewing images from my Capturing the Forest R&D and noting the line of development from exploration to creation and ultimately presentation and participation.

#immersiveart #artinstallation #nature #forest #crafts

Reel shows images of artworks in forest settings, namely knobbly ceramics, artists arms wrapped around a tree trunk, sheep's wool encrusted with wild clays, Shou Sugi Ban branches with hanging sheep's wool, and images from Capturing the Forest installation which include people sitting within a dappled forest clearing amongst tipis made from branches.
A beautiful moment of dancing shadows. Take a mome A beautiful moment of dancing shadows. Take a moment to appreciate and just breathe.

#capturingtheforest #eastsussex #southdownsnationalpark #forest #forestlovers

Reel shows shadows of leaves moving on a tree trunk
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