In this episode, I’m joined by artist Wycliffe Stutchbury who is currently exhibiting in our Water/Land exhibition.

Formerly a furniture maker, Wycliffe has chosen to continue to work with wood in his artistic career too. The works start with a hunt for the timber, whether that be foraging or searching dealers for the piece that will inspire his next project. The piece that we are lucky enough to be showing at the gallery is called ‘Hundred Foot Drain 9’ and has been made from a piece of Bog Oak that was recovered just down the road from us in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.

Wycliffe says of his work “My compositions made from fallen and forgotten timber are studies in the narrative beauty of wood. They are made to reveal timbers’ response to its environment over time, its un-fashioned beauty, durability, and vulnerability. The origin of the material I use is central to my work.’

In 2003, he graduated from the University of Brighton with a BA in 3D Craft and co-founded the Blue Monkey Studio, a collective of Eastbourne based artists, in the same year. The artist has exhibited extensively in the UK and the US and has significant works in international private collections. He has received several notable awards, including from the Crafts Council UK and the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers UK. In 2018, Wycliffe was shortlisted for the Loewe Craft Prize.

For more information about our Water/Land exhibition, visit fendittongallery.com

Wycliffe Stutchbury:
wycliffestutchbury.co.uk
@wycliffestutchbury