Gool Peran Lowen! Happy St Piran’s!


For the fesitval of St Piran I’m making my film Gwyrdh Glas available. Gwyrdh Glas was commissioned for Flamm in Autumn 2023, and is part of my project MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh. You can see images of the installation below. 

St Piran is the Kernewek/Cornish patron saint of miners and an important symbol for the people of Kernow/Cornwall of our connection to land and our working culture. Piran is said to have come to Kernow from Éire on a mill stone, landing at Perranporth. His legend is that helped us find tin, and relearn to smelt it. You find out more about St Piran on the Cornish Heritage Trust site.



My new work Gwyrdh Glas - Liwyow a Gernow showed in Redruth in October as part of the inaugural Flamm festival, in partnership with Art Night and as part of Counterpoint Arts’ Platforma 7 programme.

I was one of four artists commissioned to make new work for Flamm, which also included work, performances and screenings by artists from across Cornwall. Gwyrdh Glas - Liwyow a Gernow, sits within my broader MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh project, and comprises of my first publicly exhibited film with a sculptural installation of rubbish sculpture rocks made during public workshops. You can find out more here.


For more information and documentation of the Flamm festival by Sam Bestwick and Nick Cooney, please head to the Flamm website. 

imited edition poster to celeberate Gwyrdh Glas at Flamm, available via my shop
I produced this limited edition photo-collage poster to celebrate Gwyrdh Glas at Flamm, available via my shop


Catching Copper


Catching Copper, a short story by Sovay Berriman, 2023 written as part of MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh. 

The Catching Copper book is riso printed and hand stitch bound by Amy Jemmett at Roots Press. An audio version of the story is available to listen to on the MESKLA Legacy page.

A limited edition riso print, edition of 50, of the Catching Copper drawing has also been made to accompany the publication.

To purchase your copy of print and publication please visit my shop.


MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh

(Mussel gathering | Precious Fragments)
A multi-platform expanded sculpture project exploring contemporary Cornish Cultural identity.


Sovay in  MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh at Tate St Ives, May 2023. Photo credit: Steve Tanner

MESKLA Podcasts Available via Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Podbean and HERE



Other recent activity

I took part in Natalie Rigby's radio show The Lock-in on Source FM in June. I chose some of my favourite and most loathed music, and we chatted about growing up in Cornwall, othering, neurodivergence, air-guitar and inspirational nieces. You can listen again via various podcast platforms below is the link for the show on Spotify. There's loads of other great episodes with artists such as Camilla Stacey, Clementine Nield and upcoming is Simon Bayliss.


I am delighted to announce that I will be the Clore Leadership Visual Arts Fellow this year for the nineteenth cohort #Clore19 supported by a-n. Read more in the a-n and Clore announcements.


                                           



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