Palimpsest

ARTISTS

Karen Daye-Hutchinson - Print

Anna Donovan Ceramic - Sculpture

Marie-Louise Gormley - Textiles

Melanie Woolley - Painting

Ruth Hamilton-Sturdy - Ceramics

This exhibition is set in the former drying room of Conway Mill. The mini amphitheatre-like space not only now functions as a venue for theatre, film and, as in this case, an art gallery, but it is also a piece of historical conservation giving a sense of time and palimpsest in and of itself.

Generations of families worked at Conway Mill, and their presence is still very much felt today with physical tells of worn steps and the odd graffiti scratched into wooden beams. It is the same community that have preserved this Mill that worked here, then and now, and this has undoubtably informed our approach to this exhibition.

Reflecting the diversity of the artists involved, Palimpsest is an exploration into different aspects of linen, from the introduction of flax by the Celts, to the consequences of the industry that played such a pivotal role in the changes in society, and the echoes that remain today.

“Stunning show, so poignant. A beautiful collection of mixed work. Thank you.”