07-02-2025
Latest work by award-winning artist unveiled at County Durham museum
An award-winning ceramicist has installed her latest work in a County Durham museum.
Phoebe Cummings' piece, Time Line, was set up at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle on Friday.
The creation is for an exhibition called From Joséphine Bowes: Trendsetters and Trailblazers, which opens on Saturday, February 8.
Phoebe Cummings and Time Line (Image: Sarah Caldecott)
The hanging sculpture is made from raw clay and is inspired by a Palladian-style plinth from the 1740s.
As the exhibition goes on, the sculpture will change as it dries, cracks, and flakes.
Ms Cummings said: "I am delighted to be working with The Bowes Museum to create a new artwork for the From Joséphine Bowes: Trendsetters and Trailblazers exhibition.
The sculpture is made from raw clay (Image: Sarah Caldecott)
"It is an incredible opportunity to research the history of the museum and its collection, working with the curatorial team to develop a new piece that both responds to and becomes part of the exhibition."
Ms Cummings has undertaken a number of artist residencies in the UK, USA and Greenland, and was selected as the winner of the British Ceramics Biennial Award in 2011
The exhibition celebrates the achievements of Joséphine Bowes, who founded the museum alongside her husband John Bowes.
The work celebrates the achievements of Josephine Bowes (Image: Sarah Caldecott)
It will showcase several pieces from the museum's collection as well as new artworks by other artists including Helen Gorrill, Fiona Moorhead, Pascale Revert, and Kim Sowden.
Tickets are available from the museum's website.
