The 2025 Sculpture Trail at Raveningham features 60 selected artists and makers across 3 acres of grounds who responded to the theme of Alchemy. We all need a bit of magic in our lives and humans have always sought magic from the everyday. Alchemy can be the combination of seemingly mundane ingredients to create something more than the sum of it’s parts. Base metals to produce gold, an acorn combined with sun, earth and water to create a mighty oak, a group of individual people to create a community. We have everything we need around us to create magic in the everyday. This summer at Raveningham artist’s will be conjuring their own ideas around Alchemy , ideas which will lift the spririts, delight and raise questions.
Artists have developed ideas, artwork, sculpture, site specific works, stories, magic and more for the meadows, pond, gardens, and woodland at Raveningham. By letting their imaginations and aspirations soar they have created a sculpture exhibition to inspire and uplift visitors. The Sculpture Trail team is committed to encouraging public interaction with contemporary art in a rural setting as well as creating space and opportunity for artists to show and sell their work to a diverse audience.
People’s choice winner – Andrew Cole. 2nd Jenny Goater. 3rd Terry Wright and Gabrielle Maughan.
Curator’s choice winner – Emily Gardiner.
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Using elements of hanging and kinetic sculpture from previous works to explore the element of light and its relationship to alchemical ideas around its symbolic connection to the spirit (within us). This will be done through the exploration of the idea that everything we need to know to bring about change is already within us. The Light Within will use the element of light through apertures to allow the viewer to interact and create their own perception. Ultimately this shining a light upon the viewer and bringing the creation of the artwork full circle.
The Light Within builds upon my long-standing interest and experience around hanging sculptures using found/upcycled materials. I draw inspiration from Calder’s mobiles, Anya Gallaccio’s hanging iris and apple installations, and aim to incorporate ideas around light and geometrics in Islamic Art and the installation work of Rana Begum. I am also inspired by yoga practice and time working in India and the Hindu and Buddhist greeting Namaste which is often interpreted as “I bow to the light within you.”
The hanging installation will use natural and found materials to encourage the viewer to see themselves see, using the alchemical associations of light to reveal and transform their perceptions.
Amanda Addison is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and author of books for adults and children. Her picture book, Boundless Sky, was nominated for The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal. Amanda’s recently published YA novel, Looking for Lucie, was short listed for the East Anglian Book Awards and New Angles Prize.
A graduate of Chelsea School of Art, her writing and artwork are inspired by travel, textiles, and the natural world. Amanda holds an MA in Writing the Visual and lectures in Art & Design and Creative Writing at the National Centre for Writing, Norwich City College, and the Norfolk Museums.
www.amandaaddison.com @AmandaAuthorArt
Journey along this path, flanked by “Nature’s Alchemy,” stepping stones that trace the enchanting stages of a flower’s life. Glimmering with gold and iridescent glass, these tactile artworks invite you to witness the transformation unfold.
Seed of Life: Begin your passage with the “Seed of Life”, rich with potential, the quiet intensity held within a single seed – a concentrated promise of the beauty yet to come.
New Life: As you continue, the “New Life” marks the vibrant emergence of growth, shimmering with iridescent light, echoing the first tender shoots reaching towards the sun.
In Full Bloom: The path culminates with the radiant “In Full Bloom”. Here, the golden mosaics explodes celebrating the flower’s full glory and the captivating beauty of its mature form.
“Nature’s Alchemy” offers a sensory experience, guiding you through the miraculous cycle of growth. The precious gold and shifting iridescence symbolise the inherent value and beauty found in each stage. Take your time, observe the details, and connect with the quiet wonder of nature’s alchemy.
www.dandelionmosaics.com
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The construction of a chimney reimagined as a dream of travel.
The drudgery of industrial work forgotten by the escape of holidays.
The suitcases invoke previous times when holidays were usually a week at the seaside but now? . Our baggage has come on a long way along with our lust for travel and all its ramifications for the environment..
An interactive changing sculpture, dependent on who engaged with it last. Take a moment to play and become the artist as you move the tactile hoops around.
Made from second-hand, donated and waste materials.
Talisman – £1,400 (Price includes hand-forged galvanised plinth)
Dimensions: 68cm H x 50cm W
Zephyr – £1,850
Dimensions: Approx 74cm H x 69/70cm W
www.instagram.com/staceybeaumontsculpture
The hopeless alchemist desperately trying to make gold from base metals. A wondrous mix of recycled materials, stirred, stitched and welded together with a hint of humour.
A mysterious power and process that changes and transforms a lump of mud into a sculpture is like alchemy. Being guided and listening to that inner voice produces creative magic that results in an intuitive making transformation.
Prices, each sculpture is numbered: 1-7 £80 each, 8 – £90, 9 – £150, 10 – £200, 11 – £120, 12-13 £220 each, 14 – £250, 15 – £380.
Composer/Performer Laura Cannell calls upon an ancient Lyre that was buried in the epic landscape of the Suffolk Coastline to sound once more. She wakes it from its 14 century long slumber and strikes the strings of the 7th century East Anglian instrument. On a copy of the Sutton Hoo Lyre she coaxes its forgotten and shrouded voice up through the earth.
‘A Ship Sunk in Earth’ and ‘Twilight Falls Again’ pull you into the centre of The Raveningham Maze which has been reimagined for 2025 and is constructed with ship ropes, hazel poles and sunflowers. The music is inspired by the fragmented instrument found at the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial in 1939 and two other Lyres which were found locally in Warrior/Musician graves at Bergh Apton in Norfolk and Snape in Suffolk.
LYRELYRELYRE was released in May 2025 and is available from the gallery or www.brawlrecords.co.uk or Streaming.
The Iceni were renowned for burying their treasure and a number of hoards have been discovered around East Anglia.
Villages such as Snettisham, Forncett, Honingham are now joined by Raveningham as an important contemporary hoard is discovered in the grounds of the Raveningham Sculpture Trail. Coins, pots, jewellery, gold remain half buried in the ground suggesting a time past when to keep something secure it had to be hidden.
Boomer features the enigmatic sound of the secretive bittern bringing the sounds of this elusive bird to the trail. I am working Suffolk Wildlife Trust to try to identify individual bitterns from sonograms of their booms. This installation will feature these individuals and their mysterious sounds.
I am fascinated by the unpredictability of wood, it allows for a fluidity and flow that I strive for in my work, without the constraints of a more rigid medium. I see it as a conversation between myself and the wood, a connectedness through the edge of a chisel or saw, reinvigorating the wood with renewed beauty. I am inspired by the natural world and creating pieces that still have something of the wild about them; an energy, a life, a movement. A piece that tells a story of its own, one that changes and evolves with every audience, and with every year that passes.
Artists hands turn materials into magical creatures settled in the woodland environment of the Secret Garden at Raveningham.
Andy Cole has lived in Suffolk for 60 years and has spent much of that time with a keen eye on the stories tucked into its landscapes. A self-taught sculptor, Andy first began creating figures out of a love for history modelling and casting lead soldiers. Since retiring he’s turned his attention to more imaginative forms, creating anthropomorphic sculptures that blend human traits with elements of nature and the animal world. His work has a quiet sense of humour and a respect for character—each piece suggesting a story, a quirk, or a moment caught in time. Andy’s sculptures are rooted in place and memory, drawing from his life in the Suffolk countryside and the characters, real or imagined, who pass through it. This is his first time exhibiting as part of the sculpture trail, and he’s excited to share his creations with a wider audience
The sculpture evokes the ‘alchemy’ of Nature – the process of creating food and naturally occurring shapes. The swelling forms express and celebrate the energy and vibrancy of life. By directly carving into the stone, with no preconceived plans – allowing the nature of the stone to partly determine the configuration – the notion of alchemy is also embraced, of one thing turning into something new.
Ancaster stone on Yorkshire stone base and Douglas Fir plinth.
£1200
@domcooperartist
website: domcooper.uk
Swimming through the surface, this social family group has a much greater chance of healthily surviving into the next generations. The mature female is the key to their success.
Humans, cetaceans (e.g. dolphins and orcas) and maybe some chimps live for long enough after menopause to support their adult offspring and grandchildren.
I have a functional craft background, through furniture and wood carving to stone carving. Now clay has helped me to develop these more fluid forms for indoors or out.
I’m curious to see how a fluctuation of state contributes in the outcome of achieving a golden yellow yarn dyed with flora or the creative nature of my sculptural freeform crochet. Whether that be my own state, the environment, elements or materials. Suspended like golden chrysalis’s within a cabinet of curiosities, will the skeins and sculptural experiments divulge the recipe for joie de vivre gold…
Dedman Nicci – Three Balanced Stones
My three-dimensional wire sculptures are intended to be visually captivating and thought-provoking. I employ a unique technique where a single outer layer of wire forms the structure, creating an interplay between the seen outer layer and the intricate negative space within. Engaging with my sculptures requires a harmonious collaboration between the mind and the eye, as the viewer’s perception and understanding evolve with each change in perspective.
Alchemy at play with one single strand of wire, manipulated by hand and mind, to transform that humble strand and create this balanced Stones Sculpture. Three Balanced Stones, wire, £1200.
www.niccidedman.co.uk @niccidedman
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This piece is a celebration of inspiration and the work that flows from it. It shows people symbolsed by heads, and the connections between them. Being in the wood highlights the role of the beauty of nature. Colour and light are key, as are the hands that work with materials. Sometimes the magic moment comes when ideas sparkle out into the light.
Emily Gardiner – Heaven’s Veil – A exploration into the colours of light and its transformative power to visually transport us into other dimensions. The circles used in this piece are symbolic of the circles of heaven and invite the viewer to become aware of a higher realm.www.emilygardinerart.com
@emily_gardiner101 instagram
Noticing a pile of off-cuts of pylon wire left after work crossing his land, a friend asked ‘What are you doing with these?’. ‘Oh, nothing’ was the reply. ‘In that case’ says he, ‘I know someone who could use them’. And so a dragon was born ………Crafted from wire and a fabulous imagination the dragon welcomes visitors to this year’s trail.
£1850
Ella Goodwin – Ella is based in Norwich where she creates home spun fairytales in the form of illustrated picture books, textile dolls, illustration and dioramas.
Ella is inspired by the layering of stories and memory to uplift and fire up curiosity and creativity. Primarily an illustrator and dollmaker having studied Animation to MA level and previous to that she worked within costume making and digital embroidery.(She now prefers hand techniques)
Much of Ella’s work is based around the eternal journey to work out what home is and how we can feel settled within ourselves. Her work is inspired by travel particularly travels around Japan that have provided much inspiration for stories and characters.
Recently the doll collections have been created from fabrics that have been buried underground, softened, aged and painted by the earth, they are made to feel like something precious, lost and found, an heirloom, a lost soul from deep in the heart of the forest. Ella hopes to evoke in others a feeling of nostalgic joy and comfort that comes from finding our own forgotten stories.
You can view Ella’s portfolio on my website here – https://ellagoodwin.co.uk/pages/portfolio-work
For the Raveningham Sculpture Trail 2025 I’m exploring the elemental alchemy we first learned, for survival: to make fire, between the two elements of fire and air. For warmth, food, and for ritual – for coming together around a fire. £1600.
@buffy007
FOLKLORE FILMS
Short films about transformation through magic and nature on the Suffolk coast. Folklore from East Anglia and Armenia reinterpreted through local themes of creativity in exile, and environmental threats caused by energy companies. Brought to life through dance, gesture and music by Suffolk collaborators:
CAP O’RUSHES
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian – Composer, Co-Producer
Kate Flurrie — Film Director, Co-Producer
Tom Hobden — Choreographer, Co-Producer
Laura Williamson Biggs — Associate Choreographer
Charlotte Arnold — Dancer
Clarence Adoo — HeadSpace and Hi Note Instruments
Torbjorn Hultmark — Trumpet and Soprano Trombone
Trombone — John Kenny
Gione Da Silva (Cadenza Films) — Director of Photography
Katie Duxbury — Costume Design
Poetic texts written and performed by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and conceived in collaboration with Tom Hobden and Kate Flurrie. The full work was composed for Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s BSO Resound ensemble, HeadSpace (recorded by Patrick Kenny and Martin Parker), and the Ensemble Juveníl de Setúbal. Cap O’Rushes was commissioned for the International Conference for Arts, Health & Wellbeing by Arts and Health South West, with Tessa Marchington as Creative Co-Producer, and made possible with support by Stichting Horizon.
THE ENCHANTRESS AND THE NIGHTINGALE
Seta White — Director, Co-Producer
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian — Composer, Film Editor, Co-Producer
Ziazan — ‘Enchantress’, Soprano
Orson Gulvanessian — ’Nightingale’
Alexandria Kharibian — Enchantress costume
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian — Armenian Dance Consultation
Horrocks-Hopayian Cevanne – RICH AND STRANGE
The remnants of Cevanne’s debut album, BIG EARS (2010), transform into a mosaic over an empty mollusc shell like a new layer of growth, or a sea change on the ocean floor. There is alchemy in the way that a sonic recording, digitally encoded onto plastic and metal, can become a tactile form of visual art, by the same artist.
Dave Johnson is a narrative artist, working with textiles, applique, thread, stitch, marker pen and wood. He describes his work as textile illustrations, drawing with thread where a traditional artist would use pen and brush. Dave uses stitch, and mixed media on fabric to bring his sketches to life, often in 3D textile pieces to achieve an impactful message.
Taking a sideways look at folklore, nature, urban myths, local life (both past and present), alter egos, and current affairs, Dave’s work is imbued with a whimsical or comic narrative. This might take the form of a visual pun, as in the exhibited piece ‘There’s been a Murder’, or in semi-autobiographical pieces, capturing his alter ego in embarrassing, awkward, or humorous situations.
Joy is the central upreaching woman in this installation. Through her the other elements have been called together. She represents the alignment of colour and freedom with her upreaching arms and splashes of colour. All other animals and people are drawn to her ecstatic Joy of life.
Each sculpture is for sale: Joy (upreaching woman) £1150, Fox £425, Hare £425, African Dancer £325, Yoga Dancer £325, Swan £175, Horse £1150, Large Dog £425, Small Dog £285, Cranes £175 each. (Plinths not included)
Email: jkiekopf@yahoo.co.uk
Website: https://jksculptures.co.uk
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jeankiekopf.sculptor?igsh=djRpMThjbXZwYWhh
Website: https://www.louisekosinska.comInstagram :@severynkosinska
“To embody the Philosopher’s Stone’ is to recognise that transmutation is not a one-time event but a continual unfolding – a sacred dance between dissolution and revelation. The modern mystic does not merely seek transformation; they become the vessel through which it occurs. Each challenge, each sorrow, each moment of profound joy polishes the stone within, refining the soul’s lustre. In this way, the mystic does not simply find gold but reveals that the gold was always there, waiting beneath the weight of the world’s illusions to shine forth in its fullest brilliance” Cheryl Page
https://www.instagram.com/jennylamtextiles
Printmaking is a medium with so much scope for experimentation…itself a sort of alchemy. I have an ongoing compulsion to see if I can make something in a new way, either by combining printmaking methods in a new way or using materials in a new way. In the prints I make I would like to include materials from the site of the place that inspired the work. I would like to combine my bold, colourful linocuts with elements of collagraph and have joined Cuckoo Farm Studio to achieve this on a larger scale than I am able to in my own studio.
Raveningham MICRO KINO – Our magical tiny outdoor cinema space featuring animations created specifically for this year’s Sculpture Trail. Animators have responded to the themes of Alchemy. Curated by the fabulous Professor Suzie Hanna
Einstein and the Fish
3 minutes
When a fish hears what Einstein had to say about a fish’s ability to climb a tree the fish takes it as a personal challenge.
Filmed by Nathan Berry, directed by Gabrielle Maughan.
(This film is an extension of Gabrielle Maughan and Terry Wright’s installation on the trail)
Bells & Whistles
3 minutes
Stop-motion puppet animation that illustrates a new song by Richard Neuberg. This story is about weight of winning and the perils of vanity.
Music Richard Neuberg
Director/Animation Suzie Hanna 2025
I Killed a Worm
4m 23s
Sunflowers and worms are more connected than they seem. Hurt the worm,
and the flower fades too. Haunted by a childhood memory, a girl scales a mountain of her regrets to learn how to exist and live with all parts of herself.
Creators: Despina Markaki & Patricia Seriniyom
Witch’s Lullaby
1m 50s
An animated short film inspired by Celtic culture, witch culture and British folklore, about a witch and her familiar solving problems between humans and nature, trying to bring the message of a reflection on the relationship between humans and nature.
Directed and Animated by by Tiana Cheang
Music : Hollowness – Maenad & the Ravers
Instagram @hayumi_illust
Litter Pecker
3m
In this mockumentary, we meet John, a litter-picking pigeon who’s just been promoted. John values work more than anything else, but it’s not just a job – it’s his passion. He is a proud artist in his spare time, creating sculptures with the litter he finds. Some may view John’s lifestyle as mundane, but he sees the beauty in everything and is content with his little life as a litter picker.
Maisie Race
2024
Lost and Found
2m 27s
Endora struggles to let go of a past that clings too tightly. Haunted by what once was, she finds herself unable to move forward as she is torn between holding on and breaking free. But when a mysterious power awakens within her, her future self-reaching back, Endora is confronted with the possibility of healing. Through an emotional inner journey, she learns to embrace both who she was and who she could be.
Directed and animated by Elena Ghigeanu
www.ghigeanuelena7.wixsite.com/portfolio
The Youngest Sailor
4m 09s
From 2024 album ‘ In the Dark We Grow’ this mixed media shadow animation illustrates a story of love across the oceans, a young sailor’s aspirations and the girl on the shore.
Music: Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage
Animation Suzie Hanna 2024
Suspended in air this sculpture weaves plywood and recycled metals into the Ouroboros, an eternal serpent symbolising Alchemy’s transformative power,where rebirth,unity and elemental changes endlessly intertwine. £1500
The power of the alchemist is having the ability to transform and create things in a way that seems mysterious and magical.
My geometric forms are inspired by alchemical symbols and processes, combined through a variety of printing techniques enriched with gold and colourful free motion embroidery. These can be set in motion by the sun and wind reflecting even more alchemy.
Some of my thought processes in printing and stitch are shared on my instagram page,
Roslyn Moreton. Textile art using stitch and print.
A selection of my work will be available to buy in the trail shop.
This site based exploratory apparatus, part self assembly, and part crafted brings together components, materials and filtered light. Built around the involvement of making in the landscape, this event based intervention creates a fictional space articulated through the alchemy of built spaces that merge the poetic with the tectonic.
https://russellmoreton.blogspot.com
What dwells in darkness alchemist?
When gazed into, the depths of Self,
All knows, the well of you is whole.
with truth at heart, the Gold of health.
A load o’ ol’ Rubbish! A waste of time or a time of waste? This project has lifted the veil on something that has always been present within me, it has finally offered space for my inner critic to step out of the shadows and get Into the dirt of my own expression. Waste has plagued my time in the construction industry and the desire to address this flawed cycle has burned in my dna for generations, I want to exercise the hoarding genes I’ve inherited and generate beauty from the chaos.
Step under the oak canopy to find leaves of indigo blue sprouting along the branches amongst the green oak leaves…
This ancient and magical blue dye has found a new place in nature…
A father who is an illustrator and a son who has an active imagination and a passion for mythology and storytelling make for a pretty formidable duo.
This collaboration rejects humanity’s lazy reliance on AI, QR codes and augmented reality by doing exactly that, but the hard way. This installation gives the viewer a chance to tap into one child’s imagination using a deeply nostalgic solution. Enjoy this silly attempt to make visible what is fantasy. What is in the cage? Who is pushing the lawnmower? Is anybody sitting here?
www.thisonelasttime.com
@oaktree.acorn
Esther Pacitti – Earth
The alchemy of Glass making has been giving light, warmth and inspiration for centuries. It offers us a feeling of strength, hope and safety that is paramount in our current times. ‘Earth’ is an ode to our surroundings. Housed in wood and metal, the stained glass gives a chance to reflect and see through the light and density of natural material. ‘Earth’ has been made by myself, in collaboration with Jason Scott who bought the structure of this piece to life.
The idea for my Woodhenge stems from my interest in archaeology and a programme that I watched about Stonehenge. I remembered that we had our own henge in Norfolk at Holme next sea. I was lucky to see it on the beach before it was removed and the sense of place has stayed with me. I want to recreate that feeling of mystery with my woodhenge installation.
Raku-fired plaques representing the alchemical elements: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water and the planetary metals: Lead, Tin, Iron, Gold, Copper, Quicksilver, and Silver. Clues to the symbols in the artist’s book and game in the gallery.
A transitional place where access to a new reality comes into being or where the opening up of unknown possibilities can happen. Perhaps the entrance to a new state: the place where opportunities arise: where magic happens. The gateway to a new vision.
Rachael Long, Andy Jarrett and Sarah Cannell
Meryem believes that creativity is simply our natural human instincts; it is what being human is all about. Each stone’s natural beauty is usually her starting point into exploring organic shapes. Her style is between realism and abstraction, allowing our imagination do its work: magical realism….
Meryem finds the whole process of creating a piece meditative, from the early stages giving shape, to the long hours hand polishing. The natural elegance of stone, sturdy nature and versatility make the whole experience addictive. Meryem takes part in international festivals, symposiums and workshops as a participant and tutor. Sessions are available with her at Butley Mills Studios too. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and is an established artist on the sculpture trail route.
Meryem prefers to use discarded stones from quarries on her hand finished sculptures. One day, her funny stories carrying stone in her luggage might get written down, including shipping for bigger works.
https://www.meryemsiemmond.com
@meryemsiemmond
We would like our work to challenge and open discussion on the true value of learning disabled art practice, eliminating prejudice and exclusion, while championing the visibility of learning disabled artists and makers.
www.typingthreads.com
The alchemy equation I am exploring is Stained Glass + Motion = Tingle.
My particular art alchemy is based on letting stained glass move in outside spaces.
Partly inspired by seeing the work of Jean Tinguely during several holidays in Basel, Switzerland , I am taking the motion to a chaotic new level.
www.stainedglassgardenart.com