Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
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Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
A Sense of Food & Place
A Sense of Food & Place
The Making of Baron Bigod
Angus D. Birditt
Isles of Scilly
Discover Megan Gallacher, a photographer from Norfolk, who contributes her photography collection called 'En Noer' to Stories within Our Isles evoking the life and culture on the Isles of Scilly.
Kingston upon Hull
Explore Studio Kettle's designs in their contribution to Stories within Our Isles that promotes a deeper attachment to our belongings.
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Seven Sisters
Shropshire
Angus D. Birditt visits Appleby's cheesemakers to see how they make their award-winning Cheshire.
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Suffolk
Explore the article by Tanmay Saxena, designer & filmmaker, who designs sustainable, handmade clothes. 'Darker than' is Tanmay's collection of handmade clothes inspired by his response to the changing landscape and light of Seven Sisters in East Sussex.
Jess Wheeler, designer and ceramist, on where in the British Isles she gets the inspiration.
Powys
Lottie Hampson series entitled 'Still Here' traces her family history to the River Usk in Wales.
Peak District
Explore Joe Winstanley's Skai, a series of prints inspired by the landscape of the Peak District.
Cumbria
Explore Grania Howard's series of photography called Cob Culture. Taken during her travels across the British Isles, Grania captures the unique connection between travellers and their horses.
Powys
Honest agriculture
From his journey within the Dee Valley, Jac Williams ventures across fields and farms talking to and capturing the lives of Welsh farmers.
We often marvel at it's appearance, live and breathe on it, make homes and feed from it. But do we truly understand the lie of the land? The following words extracted from longer poems and accompanying photography attempt to capture the immense beauty, fragility and mysteriousness of our Isles.
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Hedgerow
24 June 2022 - 04 June 2023
'HEDGEROW' EXPLORES & CELEBRATES THE SEMI-NATURAL HABITAT
EXHIBITION
Hedgerow at the Food Museum in Suffolk
A brief introduction to Hedgerow, a collaboration between Our Isles and the Food Museum, showcasing where nature and culture meet. Exhibition open from June 2022 to June 2023.
FOUNDERS
Artists & Curators: Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley
Meet the curators of Hedgerow, Angus & Lilly, who have also exhibited their works in the exhibition, capturing the rural environment in the British Isles, from its wildlife to hedgelaying.
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EXHIBITION ARTISTS
Meet the Exhibiting Artists Involved
Meet the talented group of artists that were involved in Hedgerow, each contributing work that has been created from their own response to their local rural environment.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
The Hedgelayer
A photography series taken by Angus D. Birditt following a hedgelayer in North Wales.
ARTICLE
Vital Role of Hedgerows
Read the article by Angus D. Birditt written for the Sustainable Food Trust on hedgerows.
Hedgerow exhibition is proudly supported by the Arts Council of England
