Jill Randall

Jill has recently been selected to represent the UK in the European sculpture survey show, “European Sculpture-Difference and Diversity in Practice”, at Martini Arte Internazionale, Turin Italy. The show opens on September 16th, and runs until Nov 12th.

Jill will also be giving a Presentation on her work at the X1 Sculpture Network Conference in Turin on Septmber 17th.

Jill’s studio, Prospect Studios, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancs, will be throwing its doors open the weekend of June 12th and 13th, as part of “Reveal 2010”, Rossendale’s Open Studios event.

You can view and purchase sculpture, prints and drawings direct from the artist in her working studio environment and find out more about her recent projects and sculpture processes.

Prospect Studios is also the base for acclaimed printmaker Alan Birch and well-known painter Liam Spencer.

7 venues , all in close proximity, are participating, and include galleries and The Boo Theatre.

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Jill has been invited to exhibit work in the Smallest Sculpture Park in the World 3 as part of the Chorlton  Arts Festival.

The Sculpture Park is located at 4, Corkland Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 8UT, and is open 1-5pm, Saturday 22nd May, Sunday 23rd May, Wednesday 26th May and Saturday 29th May.

Jill Randall is one of 20 invited artists from the north west and south west of England currently exhibiting in “Stowage”, Exeter, a site-specific project from ‘Found Space’, utilising empty shop spaces in the centre of Exeter.

Each artist was provided with an old-fashioned glass sweet jar, and invited to create a new work for the exhibition. Jill’s work, “Log Cabin”, plays on the ‘ship in a bottle’ idiom with a shed in a jar, surrounded by a  lovingly recreated Rossendale landscape. For more info, visit http://www.foundspace.co.uk/stowage.html

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Jill has recently presented proposals for the introduction of Public Art in Amlwch, following her Artist-In-Residence placement there in 2007/8. These have been developed from the “Amlwch Icons”, a series of icons  invented by Jill along with Artist Alan Birch, relating to the town’s copper-mining and ship-building heritage. Jill has developed ideas for a series of small interventions around Amlwch, such as signage and plaques for local shops, decorative fencing panels and relief sculptures for gable ends.

Ambitious future plans include “The Copper Road” sculpture trail, re-linking Amlwch Port with Parys Mountain, and input into the redesign of the large public space at Amlwch Port.

Jill has just presented her proposals to Menter Mon (Anglesey Enterprise) for 5 different objects and artefacts linked to the copper-mining heritage which can be produced locally and marketed to promote Parys Mountain Copper Mine.

They include copper jewellery and fabrics based on archival hand drawn maps of the patterns of mine workings,  a souvenir relief sculpture of the iconic windmill, unique copper sculptures ,and specially-commissioned limited-edition etchings made by utilising the acidic pools on Parys Mountain which are the legacy of mining there.

The next step will be a consultation process with local businesses to develop the ideas  into products using local makers and craftspeople based in Anglesey.

Jill Randall has just started a 2 -month Consultancy commissioned by Menter Mon (Anglesey Enterprise), who manage Parys Mountain Copper Mine and Amlwch Industrial Heritage Centre, to develop work resulting from her recent Artists Residency. This will involve coming up with ideas for copper-related products and artefacts which can be manufactured  locally and marketed to promote the coppermining heritage, as well as ideas for a Coppermine Heritage Art Trail.

Jill’s studio, Prospect Studios in Waterfoot, will be open to the public Sat 6th and Sun 7th June, 10-am-4pm, as part of “Reveal”, a Weekend of Open Studios in Rossendale Valley, Lancs. Work by artists Liam Spencer and Alan Birch will also be on display.

It’s a great opportunity to see Jill’s most recent work, as well as a rare opportunity to purchase new limited edition prints and small sculptures at bargain basement prices!

Prospect Studios is located at 137-141 Burnley Rd East, Waterfoot, Lancs ,BB4 9DU.

Jill has been commissioned to produce work for the Hiddenplace project in Burnley, Lancashire.

You can find out more at the Hiddenplace website

Jill’s commission has resulted in “Eye of the River”, a short original film with musical soundtrack composed and perfomed by Robin Walker. It was filmed by sending a video camcorder on a small boat down the culverts and tunnels of the 2 rivers Brun and Calder that disppear and reappear under Burnley Town Centre. It was screened in unusual public venues across Burnley May 2nd -11th, and can be viewed on youtube under “Eye of the River”.

Alan Kelly of the Parys Mountain Underground Group with one of Jill’s “found” drawings, left underground for three weeks.