Julie Bancroft
Julie is a visual artist and writer working in North Yorkshire. She creates abstract work in a range of media expressing her experiences of life which relate to universal human experiences. Julie is particularly interested in the idea of impermanence and the ways in which the events in our lives leave traces on us and shape who we are. Julie is currently completing my BA degree in Textiles, where her focus is on the expressive qualities of cloth and stitch and how textile processes can be used to explore loss, trauma and healing. Her current practice is an exploration of the ‘unravelling’ of the self and our relationship with the earth and how this contributes to healing and well being.
Julie Bancroft
Julie is a visual artist and writer working in North Yorkshire. She creates abstract work in a range of media expressing her experiences of life which relate to universal human experiences. Julie is particularly interested in the idea of impermanence and the ways in which the events in our lives leave traces on us and shape who we are. Julie is currently completing my BA degree in Textiles, where her focus is on the expressive qualities of cloth and stitch and how textile processes can be used to explore loss, trauma and healing. Her current practice is an exploration of the ‘unravelling’ of the self and our relationship with the earth and how this contributes to healing and well being.
time : to heal
Cloth and thread with natural pigments
100cm x 80cm x 1.5cm
Time is the force which shapes our lives through constant change. Julie Bancroft explores this sense of impermanence and the ways in which time leaves its marks on us through all that we experience.
‘time: to heal’ explores how time creates space for emotional healing. Through slow, mindful mark-making, this piece documents the shifting inner landscape and the process of being present with it. The cloth was first buried so that the earth left marks on it and made it more fragile. Further marks were added using natural materials such as ochre, charcoal, chalk and botanical inks in layers of intuitive mark making. Stitching into the surface by hand layered up lines in a similarly intuitive way that suggests mapping or journeying through healing and through time.
The processes and materials are a reminder of the larger natural world and its cycles of which we are part, bringing a sense of comfort and hope.
