Sheila Woollam | Below The Surface: Re-storying The Mermaid of Marden
£285.00
Photolithography Edition of 9.98 Dimensions (WxH): 50 x 60cm
Below the Surface: Re-storying the Mermaid of Marden is a new body of work by Sheila Woollam that explores the relationship between folklore, landscape, memory, and ecological identity through the little-known Herefordshire legend of the Mermaid of Marden.
The project considers how local myths can deepen our understanding of place at a time of environmental uncertainty and increasing cultural disconnection from the natural world. Drawing on the story of a mermaid who is said to have hidden a church bell beneath the River Lugg, the work examines how folklore evolves, whose stories are remembered, and how neglected narratives can be reimagined to reflect contemporary concerns. Through printmaking, photography, drawing, and site-based research, the project reconnects lived experience with the layered histories embedded within the landscape.
Developed from a residency at The Rodd, the former home of Sir Sidney Nolan RA, the work has evolved through sustained studio experimentation and research. The resulting series of exhibition-ready prints combines observation, archival enquiry, and imagination to create richly layered works that invite audiences to reconsider the enduring relationship between myth, place, and cultural memory.
Get notified by email when this product is in stock.
Photolithography Edition of 9.98 Dimensions (WxH): 50 x 60cm
Below the Surface: Re-storying the Mermaid of Marden is a new body of work by Sheila Woollam that explores the relationship between folklore, landscape, memory, and ecological identity through the little-known Herefordshire legend of the Mermaid of Marden.
The project considers how local myths can deepen our understanding of place at a time of environmental uncertainty and increasing cultural disconnection from the natural world. Drawing on the story of a mermaid who is said to have hidden a church bell beneath the River Lugg, the work examines how folklore evolves, whose stories are remembered, and how neglected narratives can be reimagined to reflect contemporary concerns. Through printmaking, photography, drawing, and site-based research, the project reconnects lived experience with the layered histories embedded within the landscape.
Developed from a residency at The Rodd, the former home of Sir Sidney Nolan RA, the work has evolved through sustained studio experimentation and research. The resulting series of exhibition-ready prints combines observation, archival enquiry, and imagination to create richly layered works that invite audiences to reconsider the enduring relationship between myth, place, and cultural memory.
Image 1 of 1