Recent projects, events, collaborations
FAROPEN (Forest and Rivers Open Studios) July 2023
Jane’s studio shared with Textile artist Lizzie Godden this year for Open Studios, which worked very well.
Walking with the Wye 2021
Walking from source to sea with water from the source, drawing attention to the polluted state of the Wye and our other rivers. Jane made a special pot to carry the water in on its journey down the Wye.
8 Gloucestershire apple trees, planted in an 8 metre diameter circle - so each tree is Pi metres apart from its neighbour, along the circle’s arc. Each apple tree will be espalier trained by Phil Hucks of the Orchard Trust, following expert Sue Gibson’s directions. A contemplative, sheltered space will be formed, which can also be used by the Orchard Trust residents and visitors as an outdoor learning space. The trees were donated for this project by Trust Juice, which supports traditional orchards in Gloucestershire. We would like to thank both Sue Gibson and Alison Parfitt, of Trust Juice, for their support.
Our friend Alison Parfitt, an illustrator, researcher and conservationist, sadly died in December 2019. ‘Apple Pi’ is dedicated to her memory.
These photographs, and more, can be seen as part of Open Studios in July 2018.
As part of 'FAR Open' Open Studios 2018 in the Forest of Dean, Jane Spray's studio, workshop and garden will be open on Saturday and Sunday 7th and 8th July and Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th July; other times by appointment. Delighted this year to also be displaying daughter Rowan Spray's large and beautiful photos from her recent London exhibition 'In my Nature'. The photos are influenced by her Forest childhood.
A collaboration with artist Mollie Meager to commemorate a beech tree planted in 1983 in the grounds of the Dean Heritage Museum by a group of local activist women, representatives of ‘Women for Life on Earth’.
Winter solstice gathering and celebration round beech tree.
