Joya Time

In March/April 2022 I undertook an arts residency with Joy-AIR in the Alméria region of Spain (www.joya-air.org) As some of the work I produced there is about to go on exhibition, it seemed a good time to write about the trip. A new catalogue (‘Here & There’) is available which covers work made here in the British Isles and there, in Spain.

Inspiration and Outcome

In September, Claire looks back at her photographic images and selects some where inspiration turned in to outcome.., and some that did not! Proof that there’ll never be enough time to realise all of the ideas we have; some just have to be enjoyed.., and let go of.

Inside Atacama

"The place has an ancient feel, a sense of the ground being somehow sacred. Vast and humbling.” Read Her Quiet Materials May 2019 blog to find out how textile artist Claire Benn draws on the landscape of the Atacama desert as inspiration for her work.