Tag: Emily Priest (series)
Shatwell Farm: Appendages
8 April 2024
Shatwell Farm: Appendages8 April 2024
This text is the third in a series of studies of Shatwell Farm made by Emily Priest while staying on site in September last year. We regularly speak of reusing and refurbishing at the scale of a building but talk less about small gestures of fixing and repair. As secondary or even… Read More
Shatwell Farm: Sheds and Silos
11 March 2024
Shatwell Farm: Sheds and Silos11 March 2024
This text is the second in a series of studies of Shatwell Farm made by Emily Priest while staying on site in September last year. Shatwell sits on dusty yellow Bridport sand encircled by limestone. Most of the farm’s ground is flat, except for its western edge, which creeps up… Read More
Shatwell Farm: Cars
19 February 2024
Shatwell Farm: Cars19 February 2024
This text is the first in a series of studies of Shatwell Farm made by Emily Priest while staying on site in September last year. I first came to Shatwell Farm on a wintery November morning in 2022 to see the drawing archive with some friends. On arrival, Niall recommended… Read More
Shatwell Farm: Covering over, bagging up, tying down
1 July 2024
Shatwell Farm: Covering over, bagging up, tying down1 July 2024
– Emily Priest
This text is the fourth in a series of studies of Shatwell Farm made by Emily Priest while staying on site in September 2023. Tarpaulin has its origins in 17th-century maritime communities. Sailors, who were nicknamed ‘tarpaulins’, used to sleep on decks under hard-wearing fabrics which were impregnated with tar- as a… Read More
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