'Transfigured' Exhibition at Rachel Bebb Contemporary

Transfigured ("transform into something more beautiful or elevated") is an exhibition held at Rachel Bebb Contemporary.  The exhibition celebrates letter carving and exhibitors were encouraged to use offcuts, in the spirit of recycle, reuse and reduce.

 “At a time when some quarries are running short of certain stone, or the quality of what they are finding is diminishing, it seemed appropriate to try to make every piece of material matter. So, the idea sprang up for an exhibition which would challenge artists to reach into the corners of their studios, select an offcut, and elevate it, creating something beautiful from what might have been a redundant or forgotten slice of our planet. It seemed in keeping with the spirit of reducing waste and honouring natural resources.”

Catherine Samy. Lettering Arts Trust, Chair of Trustees.

 

The following works are available to buy from Rachel Bebb contemporary, please click here to see the whole collection.

Andrew Whittle - A Spring Calendar

Old Indian sandstone paving slab; lettering inspired by Saxon inscriptions 60 cms sq. £2,960

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Andrew Whittle -

Eternity's Sunrise

, Eternity's Sunset

Kilkenny stone, from a scrap pile at the quarry, William Blake quote 39 x 22.5 cms sq. £2,960

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Anna Louise Parker - 215 Million Years

Indian red sandstone offcut; letters denote the age of the stone) 25 x 50 cms £550

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Annet Stirling - Roman Inscription

Purbeck pond freestone 42 x 65 x 3 cms £1,015

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Emi Gordon - Angels Can Fly

Black slate 45 x 14 cms £1,440

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Eric Marland - Genius Loci

Polished sandstone off-cut, probably Woodkirk from Yorkshire, polished Welsh slate base) 52 x 60 x 21 cms £2,960

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Gaynor Goffe - The Tree

Calligraphy 60 x 44 cms framed £395

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Helen Mary Skelton - And we, being mule-ish...

Alabaster, gold leaf 17 x 41 cms £1,035

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Iain Cotton - Deep Peace of the Running Wave

Caithness stone, gold leaf 24 x 18 x 9 cms £1,780

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Jackie Perkins - "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads"

Welsh slate, quote from Henry David Thoreau 50 x 25 x 2 cms £1,480

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Lisi Ashbridge - Platter

Black American walnut, inspired by Keats 'Ode to Autumn' 49w x 28.5d cms £2,200

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Louise Tiplady - Sing a Song' bookends

Carrara marble 5.5 x 31 x 8 cms £1,200

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Matt Loughlin - Waste Not, Want Not

Reclaimed marble 33 x 35 x 2 cms £1,500

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Maya Martin - Earthworms

Welsh slate 28 x 41 cms £815

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Nia Bennett - Mother Earth

Portland stone, David Ipina of the Yurok tribe, California 35 x 31 x 8 cms £1,250

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Phil Surey - Quiet Joy

Marble from the base of a fire surround 22 x 25 cms £675

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Pip Hall - Wordsworth plaque

Penrhyn slate, inscription from 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth 25 x 25 x 23 cms £730

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Rachel Butler - The Isle of Innisfree

Upcycled plum slate, painted and gilded, W. B. Yeats 35 cms sq. £1,900

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Teucer Wilson - All Shall Be Well

Caithness stone, painted letters 17 x 35 x 2.5 cms £4,850

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Lucy McDowell