Objects Embodied in Earth: A Practice Group Circle Back
Objects Embodied in Earth: A Practice Group Circle Back
Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, March 25th, at 7 pm ET
Join us for a rich conversation about objects as portals to memory and meaning. For six weeks, the Objects Embodied practice group took their objects for walks and had conversations with them, always exploring the relationship between materiality and the ethereal nature of things. Sometimes the spirits of their objects invited them in, and other times, they asked them to move on. How is it that a tea-cup, hand-made bird house, locket, piece of chalk, high chair, and wedding dress could offer so much insight and inspiration? As an added bonus, we will also share some samples of other Objects Embodied work created throughout the Elemental Year.
Featured photographers:
Clare Palmer lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She mainly works in photography and intuitive watercolour. Palmer is inspired by the street, the natural world, and her life experiences. Her goal is to invite the viewer to enter the image and explore it with her.
Linda Bryan, as a Vermont native, has a deep connection to the region's rural landscapes and familial spaces, which continually shape her artistic practice. Working across a range of photographic mediums—including film, alternative processes, digital, and photopolymer gravure etching—she explores themes of home, memory, and personal relationships.
Lynne Buchanan’s work focuses on waterways and forests around the world. Her images have been exhibited nationally and internationally. She authored The Poetry of Being and Florida’s Changing Waters, which she presented at the Miami Book Fair and the Society for Environmental Journalism. Her work has been featured in numerous publications.
Lyn Swett Miller is a micro-climate photographer, essayist, and motivational speaker living in Vermont. Her work explores the power of transformation and renewal as experienced in a compost pile and the landfill, as well as with books decomposing in her garden. A member of the Kinship community for three years, Lyn has facilitated three practice groups during the Elemental Year.
Sarah Shea Roberto is happiest with a camera in hand and loves the immediacy of digital and the slowness of film. When the world shut down in 2020, out of the darkness and uncertainty came a curiosity for alternative process photography and images that looked nothing like our reality. Sarah has found a wonderful balance of creating images with and without a focusable camera lens, in and out of the traditional darkroom.
Valerie Yaklin-Brown is an analog photographer and educator in the Houston, Texas area. Her work includes exploring the influence of place, both natural and manmade, through the lens of her own surroundings.
