Elementum Journal
In the workshop – shaping and sculpting words for Elementum.
Elementum is a beautiful and special journal of nature and story. You’ll remember my discovering it recently here. The founder and editor Jay Armstrong invited me to write a short piece for the journal’s online Nature Journals.
What a wholeheartedly joyous experience, working with Jay to corall my thoughts into something readable – I feel honoured to be featured in the delightfully titled Reflections and Observations section.
When I got an email from Jay to say that the piece ‘In Conversation with Stone – The Ancient art of the Carver’ was online, and I clicked through to look at it (to see myself in print – so to speak!), I have to say that my heart did quicken and I’m still in a rather excited state.
Here it is – In Conversation with Stone
If you like the calm, and connect with the beautiful images and written words of the Elementum website, you will absolutely love the Publication Elementum – a Journal of Nature & Story – which you can order from their shop.
4 Comments
Thank you so much for agreeing to write your piece which is quite unique and thought provoking. Looking forward to hearing more from the workshop!
Muffled by chips and stone dust just now, and busy hammers, but I’m thinking all the while.
An exquisite article. What an insight, Jennifer, into your creative practice. Utterly fascinating and so engaging.
In the days before we knew so much about beach conservation, I used to polish pebbles for jewellery, an activity we did in my church youth group – and I greatly enjoyed learning about the different kinds of stone we encountered on the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cornish beaches. I wonder how much your relationship with stone mirrors that of the potter with his or her clay, which, after all has its own mineral origins (though for all I know, there may sometimes be ‘vegetable’ elements – like the fly in the amber!).
Caroline, thankyou – I’m so pleased you enjoyed reading. Isn’t the Journal beautiful? You will have seen up close in your little stones just exactly what I carve through. I’m sure the relationship applies to those working clay, have you seen the work of Chloe Burke – I’m so interested in the way she is working. Thanks again!