Cath Griffiths
Cobham, Surrey, UK
Cath took to solitary walking during Covid when the immediate environment was all she had access to. She began to notice the here and now. She found it helped to engage with the present moment through the rhythm of a steady beat. Subsequently, her work became rooted in a desire to capture the mood of wandering in a certain place and to explore the selective nature of her ‘findings’.
Her practice includes working directly with her hands manipulating commonplace fabrics. She seeks to evoke a quiet and reflective calm in her work. Her materials are portable, soft, and comforting. Her process is focused on making connections using the minimum of tools. The practice is labour intensive and time-consuming, granting space for rhythm, repetition, listening and reflection.
Each new environment is a fresh encounter. She begins by recording her experience in diaristic form with many quick, small sketches. She reflects and forages. Her response is to capture what is fleeting and transient and transform this into a personal narrative from the fragments.
A solace is reached both physical and emotional.
Photographs: by the artist