GOLDEN VALLEY, 2025 was commissioned by The Wilson art gallery and Museum, Cheltenham for COMMON GROUND, an exhibition guest curated by artist Ben Edge.
The exhibition explores stories of change, loss, rebellion and reclamation in relation to common land and the natural environment.
Including contemporary artists’ responses to our relationship with the landscape by reconnecting with place and redefining narratives.
GOLDEN VALLEY is a sculpted landscape installation inspired by the farming heritage of the local area.
The use of raw sheeps wool is informed by the rich textile history of the area; the five Golden Valleys, so named after its monetary wealth created in the processing and trading of wool since the medieval period.
Crop and livestock farming is also nodded to with wheat, oats, barley, hay & straw.
Cotswold stone & thatching straws are used within the installation depicting the building resources that the local landscape also provides.
GOLDEN VALLEY is a demonstration of the impact plants and the landscape have on the course of history as our reliance on nature as a resource.