We Were Young Once Exhibition

Come and explore Blue Knob Gallery's first exhibitions of 2025.

Relics V Mapping Time & Place by Renita Glencross in on in the The Solo Space. Renita studied textiles at University and for the past 40 years has travelled far and wide seeking the advice of master weavers and traditional dyers, researching the botany and alchemy for preparing fibres and extracting natural colour to create unique stitched and woven wearable art and ceremonial objects.

The Relics are a collection of layered mixed media images, ceramic and woven glyphs, sigils, and natural ephemera incorporated in weaving, felting and stitching. The works build on previous exhibitions based on journey’s the artist has made between the desert, the sea and the forest and all the learnings in-between.

'We were young once' exhibition is a journey into the artists lives and gives a glimpse into how they came to be artists/artisans. Many came to art practice at different times in their lives. For some it may have been part childhood and continued throughout their lives. For others it may have been something that was dreamt of, an unfulfilled dream or desire that came about later in life. Artists were asked to bring in an image of their ‘younger selves” with a few words to go alongside their artworks.