Open Studios 2023

The outdoor spaces of Plas Bodfa were open as part of Anglesey Open Studios 2023. A glimpse into the ongoing creative projects at Plas Bodfa.
April 1-16

  • Limestone pursuits by Mari Rose Pritchard & Julie Upmeyer

  • Drowned piano sounds by Ynyr Pritchard

  • Living willow orbs by Maggie Evans

  • Standing stones stories by Norman Payne

  • Greenhouse cyano-takeover by Mary Thomas

  • ‘Floating Vessels II - Revenants’ by Sian Hughes

Limestone pursuits by Mari Rose Pritchard & Julie Upmeyer

An ongoing collaboration and investigation of permeability and deep time. These installations and performances explore the nature of limestone and limestone powder and its relationship to water and time.

Void Fraction
limestone, limestone powder, Lleiniog beach clay, various circular vessels, durational performance
2023

Standing stones stories by Norman Payne

Down in the sunken garden, the weathered Bodfa stones tell their tales. Connecting to the deep past through the ‘making special’ of the circular feature in the sunken garden, a monument is formed. A meditative space, a circular continuum.

An act of sheer folly
natural stone, cement, concrete, sound
2022-23

Whalebone by Reid Anderson

We gathered in the greenhouse for an acoustic set by singer-songwriter Reid Anderson. Afterwards we celebrated the global premier of ‘Whalebone’, the epic music video that was filmed at Plas Bodfa earlier in the year.

Floating Vessels II - Revenants by Sian Hughes

Handmade porcelain vessels will float on bamboo rafts. Damaged last year by wind and wildfowl, the broken bowls have been given a new life using the Japanese method of Kintsugi, where broken ceramics are repaired using glue and gold powder.

Floating Vessels II - Revenants
porcelain, bamboo, performance
2022-23

Greenhouse cyano-takeover by Mary Thomas

A special edition of the cyanolillies inspired by the limestone explorations of Mari Rose and Julie. The images are ammonites, a fossil often found in limestone.

growth - change - repeat
cyanotype solution, paper
2022-23

Drowned piano sounds by Ynyr Pritchard

Recordings from both original scores that written specifically for Annea Lockwood’s Piano Drowning at Plas Bodfa were emanating from the drowned piano, floating gently over the pond. The film of ‘The Christ of Agony (a passion), a film by Culture Colony was premiered in our greenhouse cinema.

‘Boddi’ and ‘The Christ of Agony (a passion)
sound recording
2021-22

Living willow orbs by Maggie Evans

Reformed and strengthened with every season, the pods take on a life of their own as the willow grows and shapes the forms over time. A living sculpture in conversation with the weather, the artist and time.

Seed Pods and Forms
willow, dogwood, foraged natural materialsfrom around Plas Bodfa
2022-23