Laura Cruikshank

Laura Cruikshank’s work is process driven where the rhythms of observing, drawing, gathering, and making overlap. This allows a continual progression and development of compositions which are playfully arranged and rearranged amongst an ever-growing library of abstracted forms, textures, and the study of subtle movement.

Maintaining a working pace that allows time and space for contemplation and serendipitous discovery of composition is integral to the work.

Direct connection to materials through a love of traditional techniques such as; lost wax casting, chasing, keum-boo, filigree and chain making, combine to inform an in-depth exploration of shape, texture, tone and movement. 

Each work is constructed with meticulous care and patience and embodies the time and enjoyment imbued by the making process.

This collection aims to inspire curiosity in others for the act of paying attention to the rich, tactile and ever-changing natural environment around us and to offer an engagement with composition through interaction with individual elements where a balance can be found that is personal to each individual.