Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival: 6 Collective OUR RIVERBED project
As part of the Richmond Arts and Ideas festival at Orleans House, three artists from 6 Collective exhibit work exploring the theme of Riverbed. Visitors participate in making a collaborative installation, through workshops with clay, papier-mâché, watercolour, and printmaking.
The exhibition runs from Saturday, 21st June to Sunday, 29th June 2025.
Address: The Coach House, Orleans Park Gallery, Orleans Rd, Twickenham TW1 3BL
Guided meditation / somatic clay workshops include a walk on the River Thames foreshore (bring wellies!):
Saturday 28th June 12:30-2:30pm
Met at the Coach House, within Orleans Park House.
Sunday 29th June 2-4pm: collection of fired ceramics made during workshops.
Artists:
Sophie Griffin @sophiecorbengriffinart
Rachel Labovitch @rachel.labovitch
Roz Fletcher @roz_fletcher_fine_art
The exhibition runs from Saturday, 21st June to Sunday, 29th June 2025.
Address: The Coach House, Orleans Park Gallery, Orleans Rd, Twickenham TW1 3BL
Guided meditation / somatic clay workshops include a walk on the River Thames foreshore (bring wellies!):
Saturday 28th June 12:30-2:30pm
Met at the Coach House, within Orleans Park House.
Sunday 29th June 2-4pm: collection of fired ceramics made during workshops.
Artists:
Sophie Griffin @sophiecorbengriffinart
Rachel Labovitch @rachel.labovitch
Roz Fletcher @roz_fletcher_fine_art
Our Riverbed : Ritual Water Ceremony (2025)
Glazed terracotta assemblage (dimensions variable)
This assemblage comprises multiple handmade terracotta ceramic vessels, two riverbed slabs, a large pot with ornate handle and spout.
The piece was devised specifically for Our Riverbed exhibition, drawing attention to the symbolic and metaphysical power of ceramic vessels, to integrate the river into human consciousness. The vessels represent both riverbed, and river (when filled). The rope coiled around the water jug symbolises the serpentine river. The long narrow spout and large belly of the jug gives a very long, slow pour. Time seems to shift into slow motion, capturing the magical essence of water. The two slabs are reworked from casts taken near the Brentford Eyht slipway at low tide, and incorporate rope and tile found at the site.
The work references events leading up to passing of the bill known as The Rights of Nature in the Ecuadorian draft constitution of 2008. Elders and leaders from many of Ecuador's fourteen indigenous nations invoked the spirit of Pachamama Mother Earth, and used ceramic vessels representing the four elements of Air, Fire, Earth, and Water to bear witness to the voters endorsing the entangled lives of rivers, forests, mountains, and people.
Glazed terracotta assemblage (dimensions variable)
This assemblage comprises multiple handmade terracotta ceramic vessels, two riverbed slabs, a large pot with ornate handle and spout.
The piece was devised specifically for Our Riverbed exhibition, drawing attention to the symbolic and metaphysical power of ceramic vessels, to integrate the river into human consciousness. The vessels represent both riverbed, and river (when filled). The rope coiled around the water jug symbolises the serpentine river. The long narrow spout and large belly of the jug gives a very long, slow pour. Time seems to shift into slow motion, capturing the magical essence of water. The two slabs are reworked from casts taken near the Brentford Eyht slipway at low tide, and incorporate rope and tile found at the site.
The work references events leading up to passing of the bill known as The Rights of Nature in the Ecuadorian draft constitution of 2008. Elders and leaders from many of Ecuador's fourteen indigenous nations invoked the spirit of Pachamama Mother Earth, and used ceramic vessels representing the four elements of Air, Fire, Earth, and Water to bear witness to the voters endorsing the entangled lives of rivers, forests, mountains, and people.
