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Winter Windfall

 

Dear All,

It is not quite winter yet, although the nights are fair drawing in and the stags are bellowing long into the night.  It is a season of stars and bonfires.

I'm writing to you to remind you that this year I am having a Winter Windfall sale of work, with a great many pieces of textile art at half price or thereabouts.  I'm giving you plenty of notice because it occurred to me that if you live anywhere in the Highlands, you might want time to plan a day's trip to beautiful Assynt during November which, socially, is generally a dull month in most people's calendar.  And if you could bring a friend and include a visit to me, then I would appreciate that.

The studio will be open between 11.am until 3 pm every day between Saturday 21st November and Sunday the 6th of December.  Along with a wide selection of framed work on the walls, there will be unframed originals, prints, my own published books, hand made eco-print books, greetings cards and a selection of curious 'objet d'art'. And I will be presenting a small collection of new work showcasing my current obsession with gilding everything in sight!  You'll have to come along to see what I mean.

Almost all the work on sale will be through a studio visit only.  However, I intend to list around a dozen larger pieces on the website - again at half price - and when the time comes I will let you know when that page goes live.

Until then, coorie in and I hope to see you come November.

Jan

 

 

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Earthworks Move into Print

 

 

At long last the book version of the Earthworks project is complete!  And as I leaf through the pages of the book, I feel the warm glow of a job well done, thanks to the solid support of Chelsea Frew (designer) and Ricky Frew (photographer).

This beautiful, high-quality art book contains over a hundred pages of images and words celebrating the intricate workings of the earth, as experienced through the eyes - and hands - of textile and mixed media artist Jan Kilpatrick.  Striking photography by Ricky Frew illustrates the landscape that both inspires Jan’s work and provides the materials from which the work is made.  The nature-led processes involved in the making are also recorded through photography, along with a selection of the finished textile and poetry works that emerged from this immersive project. It is a visual feast.

Earthworks, the book, is a textile-covered, hardback volume, almost A4 in size.  It is limited to an edition of 500 signed copies and was launched on the 28th of May 2023.  It is only available through the artist’s website.  To make an advance order, please click here.

 

March 2023 

 

 

Launching the Ark

 

 

Dear All,

A long, quiet winter is now behind me and all the happy little daffodil heads are nodding away either side of the drive to the house.  Spring is here!  Seeds are sown!  Showery weather is back!

So this is the perfect time to launch Ark, a collection of work full of boats, birds and beasts (in a variety of unlikely combinations).  After making the work, I have only a week left to clear the cobwebs and the clutter from the studio in order to turn it into a temporary exhibition space.  But, it is amazing what a lick of white paint and some new spotlights will do.

On show will be textile wall hangings, framed textile collage, original textile and paper collage (mounted, but not framed, and selling at very attractive prices), hand made books, greeting cards and the odd experimental objet d’art.  And I have published a new book to accompany this show.  Ark, the book, features images of the key pieces of art work from this collection, along with some of my poetry and the occasional  photograph of Coigach and Assynt, my local patch of land and sea.

Ark, the exhibition, runs from Wednesday 25^th of March until Wednesday 8^th of April, 10 am until 4 pm each day.  If you have not visited my studio before, you can find directions on the Open Studio page of the website. I hope some of you will manage to come along to see the display and to buy a copy of the book.

If you cannot visit, but would like to experience the essence of the work, then you can buy a copy of Ark, the book, online by visiting the Prints and Publications page of the website. 

 

 

Co-incidentally, my long-time and occasional collaborator, Mairearad Green, has a new body of work on exhibition at an talla solais, in Ullapool.  Tìm (the Gaelic word for ‘time’, and which is pronounced ‘cheem’) runs from 27^th March until 17^th May.  This collection of bold and expressive paintings is accompanied by a new album of mesmeric music, also called Tìm, and I am delighted to have made a small contribution to the lyrics.  To buy the album and to find out more about this exciting project, visit Mairearad’s website here.

Well, this is a busy spring for me, since the Ark exhibition is quickly followed by a creative retreat, also running from my studio.  Then, for the rest of the spring and throughout summer, life takes on a more leisurely pace with, generally speaking, my studio open to visitors on Wednesdays until October (always best to check the up-to-date times via the website if travelling from afar).  Other than that, I plan on living an adventuresome life in 2026, as much as I can.

I wish you all the energy and optimism that comes with the spring solstice.

Jan