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Lizzie Farey

b.1962

Spring Form, 2022

willow
D:70cm
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Verge, 2022

willow
H:65cm W:66cm
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Willow Song, 2022

willow
D:74cm
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Ninian Vase, 2022

willow
H:43cm D:24cm
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Little Swallow, 2022

willow
H:77cm W:50cm
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Refectory Bowl, 2022

willow
H:22cm D:38cm
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Seedheads, 2022

willow
H:105cm W:65cm
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Bannock Bowl, 2022

willow
H:19cm D:32cm
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Wagtails, 2022

willow
H:22cm W:85cm
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Study in Willow and Birch, 2022

willow, birch
D:38cm
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Hedgerow Bowl, 2022

willow, birch, bog myrtle
H:23cm D:21cm
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Spring, 2022

willow
H:80cm D:23cm
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Bog Myrtle Nest, 2022

willow, bog myrtle
H:16cm D:28cm
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Birch Nest with Moss, 2022

willow, birch catkins, moss
H:18cm D:20cm
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Birch Nest, 2022

willow, birch catkins
H:17cm D:22cm
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Nest Form I, 2022

willow, birch, bog myrtle, pussy willow
H:12cm D:20cm
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Nest Form II, 2022

willow, birch, bog myrtle, pussy willow, wild grass
H:14cm D:22cm
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Peedie Basket, 2022

willow, willow catkins
H:7cm D:9cm
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Fluence, 2022

willow
D:75cm
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Wind in the Reeds, 2022

willow
D:85cm
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Windblown Bowl (detail), 2020

heather, contorted hazel
H:26cm D:36cm
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Windblown Bowl, 2020

heather, contorted hazel
H:26cm D:36cm
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Winter Leaves, 2020

willow
D:75cm
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Bog Myrtle Nest, 2020

willow, bog myrtle
H:13cm D:26cm
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Hedgerow Bowl, 2020

willow, birch catkins, bog myrtle
H:23cm D:33cm
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Bannock Bowl, 2020

willow
H:20cm D:40cm
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Catkin Bowl, 2017

pussy willow, steamed willow
H:15cm W:29cm
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Little Swift, 2017

willow
H:110cm W:60cm
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Leaves and Seeds, 2017

willow
D:82cm
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Nimbus, 2017

wilow
D:97cm
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Forma Fluens (Latin: Flowing Form), 2017

willow
D:60cm
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Meadow, 2017

willow
H:76cm W:60cm
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Indomitus (Latin: Wild or Untamed), 2017

willow
D:82cm
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Small Platter, 2017

willow
H:50cm W:50cm
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Long Boat and Small Boat, 2017

willow
H:130-180cm W:7-8cm
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Pussy Willow Bowl, 2014

Pussy willow
H:16cm W:35cm
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Lizzie Farey

Born: 1962

Lizzie trained in fine art and stained glass before turning to basketry in 1991, learning the first steps from her sister-in-law in North Wales. She planted a field of willow cuttings and her passion for working with natural materials began. Always keen to try new approaches to this traditional craft Lizzie gradually gained a strong reputation for her simple innovative forms, especially the spheres often decorated with catkins or pussy willow.

A cover article in Crafts Magazine in 1997 helped establish Lizzie’s career in Britain and abroad – especially in the U.S. where she started selling her work at Browngrotta Arts. This, in turn, led to numerous awards and offers to show her work in Sotheby’s New York, SOFA Chicago, The V & A London etc. In 2004 Lizzie won the BBC Homes & Antiques ‘Talent around Britain’ award, voted for by the public and sponsored by John Lewis.

In 2007 Lizzie received the Creative Development Award from the Scottish Arts Council (now Creative Scotland) allowing her to pursue her new interest in ‘willow wall drawings’. These new pieces were exhibited in a solo exhibition at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre in 2010 and a large piece was commissioned for their stairwell, spanning two floors.

In July 2011 Lizzie’s willow light installation ‘Heart’ went on permanent display in the newly refurbished National Museum in Edinburgh, and other collections include Priors Court School, Reading; The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh; and The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

‘I take my influences from the Galloway countryside where I live and work. I am surrounded by hills, lochs, larch and heather, the essence of which I try to recapture in my work. I grow my willow in nearby farmer’s fields and collect ash and other materials from the hedgerows. My working life is governed by the cycle of nature.
The work leads me and stimulates me at the same time. The pieces that I forge create a sense of spaciousness and take on a life of their own.
I try to express the complex in as simple a way as possible the natural materials often having a quiet and still effect on the viewer.’ – Lizzie Farey, 2012


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