Main Areas of Focus

My interests are wide-ranging, primarily in how human beings affect and are affected by the natural world of which we are part, and the related theology and psychology of connectedness.

Artist

Creating beautiful and thought-provoking art as a means of supporting care for planet and people, nurturing a sense of place, and building community

Writer

Articles and blogs on economics, environment, nature, attentiveness, applied theology, arts, and anything that interests me

Consultant

» Website development and training
» Energy efficiency and renewable energy consultancy
» Research and reporting

Latest News and Produce

What I’ve recently produced. What I’m working on. What’s in the pipeline.

News

"Minecraft Climate Quest" is STEAMMing ahead

I'm looking forward to piloting "Minecraft Climate Quest" at the ExIST STEAMM Show, an interactive exhibition of commercial, research and creative projects from the south west which combine arts, sciences and technology.

Blog

A Christmas message

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, with love and hope for 2020.

Performance/Event

West Barok Singers & Players

A concert of Handel "Dixit Dominus" and other baroque gems, held in the Music Room at Powderham Castle.

Exhibition/Installation

"2x2"

Studies of form and pattern, inside and out, natural and artifical, found and artefact.

Academia

“Live the questions now: control, connectedness and making conceptual art”

Giving fourth year students at Exeter Medical School an introduction to conceptual and environmental art, looking at meaning-making and how we turn ideas into art, making art.

Article

What can I do about the Climate Emergency? Part 3

I'm writing a series of articles for Exeter Cathedral's monthly news, on the changes we can make in our own lives, and how we can encourage governments and business to make necessary structural changes. 12 months and counting now to 'save the planet'.

Talk/Workshop

Workshop on "Slow Bible Reading"

workshop was on the ancient monastic practice of Lectio Divina, part of a Prayer & Spirituality Day at Exeter Cathedral.

Recording

"...and the Greatest of these is Love"

In their second album, Antiphon presents world premiere recordings of three choral works by Michael Walsh: an unaccompanied Mass of the Holy Trinity; a full-scale Requiem Mass; and The Way of Love, a setting of five love poems by Rupert Brooke. We recorded it in July 2017 in the crossing and Lady Chapel in Exeter Cathedral.

Random Work Generator

There are a number of threads running through all my work. Here’s a random sample from each.

Attentiveness

Zombie Apocalypse

"I would ask you to take a walk on your own (where and at what time of day is up to you) for at least half an hour. I would like you to walk ‘as’ the last human survivor of a zombie apocalypse."

Environment

"Green|Blue" featured in the Church Times round-up of Greenbelt

The Church Times editor was kind enough to pop round... and not once but twice, as I was still setting up the first occasion. So I thought it was quite likely I'd be in the review, but it was still nice to see my name in there.

Making

"Ghost Bees" in the "Dark Art" exhibition

Five of the eight "Ghost Bees" I knitted for TRAIL and three of Cleo's four remained at the end of the summer. My five are currently appearing in a gem of an exhibition at the Barnfield Theatre.

Place

"Energy infrastructures inhabit our interior landscapes" for Power Culture blog

I am almost certain that Didcot Power Station's looming bulk sparked my interest in energy and shaped my environmental interests and career. But I am not the only person which it has sensitised. Many regard it as a blot on the landscape, many others have seen its sculptural appeal. A guest blog for Regen SW.

Play

“Little colouring book: Winter Blues" in the "Artist Toys" exhibition

The idea for the “Little colouring books” originated partly in the games I made for my “Particulart: Up in the Air” show. It seemed a natural progession to create more playful engagement with climate change. Although the maps are of the UK, they can be applied elsewhere, and I am very happy that they have made their way to other lands.

Public Engagement

Far more than two’s company

Clare Bryden. Far more than two’s company. Church Times, 11 October 2013.
Crowdfunding is one way of raising finance which can benefit church and community projects, and offer ethical projects for donors and investors, Clare Bryden discovers.

Science and Data

“Particulart: Up in the Air” opens on 11 July!

Buy a coffee and cake from the Glorious café on the ground floor, and wander up to the second floor gallery for 3D knitted molecules floating in the Earth’s atmosphere!

Social Justice

Far more than two’s company

Clare Bryden. Far more than two’s company. Church Times, 11 October 2013.
Crowdfunding is one way of raising finance which can benefit church and community projects, and offer ethical projects for donors and investors, Clare Bryden discovers.