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Kathryn Parsons
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
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Artist - unearthing & sharing little-known stories of nature & place. Research-based projects, sculpture, community engagement, workshops, nature connectedness, John Clare, Westings Meadow.
GroundWork Gallery Associate Artist 2023 www.kathrynparsons.co.uk
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Fungi! Made from porcelain, fresh from the kiln!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell

They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me

Hope you can come!
poster advertising Celebrate Autumn exhibition at Torpel Manor Field, Helpston, Cambs, UK on 22nd & 23rd November 2025 Tiny round white porcelain fungi / lichen sculptures with thin 'roots' coming from them, interconnecting rounded shapes. There's a hand on the left hand side - we can see the thumb and finger holding one of the tiny shapes
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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It’s a beauty-filled time of the year! Next weekend is Celebrate Autumn exhibition with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and the following is the Festive DooDah!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Help us Celebrate Autumn! in Helpston (nr Peterborough) next weekend (details below). Autumn photos, a fungi slideshow, eco-print art, porcelain work, and creative ways of mapping our local landscape. Plus a cosy atmosphere, hot drinks and home-made cakes by donation!
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Eco-print of leaves Porcelain Mushrooms Aspen trees in autumn colours of rich copper and gold against a dark background Poster advertising Celebrate Autumn! exhibition
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.

#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Bathing in amber and gold... on 'Westings Meadow'.

#autumn
An outdoor photograph with low dogwood shrubs with a few purple leave. The ground behind them is covered in amber gold and pale green leaves. There are bare tree trunks An outdoor photograph of part of an oak tree. The trunk is middle-left, in shadow. The sun is low and golden, lighting up branches around and in front of the trunk. The leaves glow amber and gold. The sky is blue A view of part of a nature reserve. There are teasels growing in the centre. The grass is pale green. To the right is a tree with some golden leaves. To the left is a smaller tree with no leaves. The sun is setting, painting a band of lemon yellow on the horizon under dove grey clouds
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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SO proud of these people! None had used porcelain clay before and they all created such beautiful nature-inspired pieces, responding to the plants at beautiful @Barnsdale Gardens! 🍁

#porcelainworkshop #loveplants #botanical
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Hedgerow fruit, field and forest fungi, leaves aflame in red and gold – autumn whispers its magic.

@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.

#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
A poster describing an exhibition of photography, artworks and treasures
October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Still a few places - Friday 31st Oct 2025 at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland.
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
Botanical Porcelain Hanging Decorations Workshop. 31st October, 2025.
Barnsdale Gardens Craft Courses. In this fun workshop artist Kathryn Parsons will lead you through simple steps to create your own unique porcelain ornaments from soft porcelain clay. Learn how to imp...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I mapped as I walked… generating a gentle tangle of memories, with each knot marking 50 steps.

Overhead, thousands of starlings danced in the evening sky.

At Langdyke Countryside Trust’s Etton Maxey Nature Reserve.

#artistinresidence #place #nature
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Currently places for a botany-inspired porcelain workshop at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland. Friday 31st October 2025. shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now."

Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.

Photo: Katherine Holland
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Beautiful results created at our botanical ecoprinting workshop! 👏👏👏

Lead by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me, with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Join me for a gentle morning making botanical porcelain decorations from soft porcelain clay! No experience needed.

Fri. 31st Oct 2025, 10am - 12:30pm.
At Barnsdale Gardens, nr Rutland Water LE15 8AH

£60 incl materials & firing

shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...

#porcelainworkshop
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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If you missed the Sounding The Wash exhibition, you can still listen to @kathrynparsons.bsky.social's future fable exploring how plants and creatures might respond to all that threatens The Wash.
Listen here: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk/TheWashEvolu...
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Favourite photos from Sounding The Wash at #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve. With Sophie Marritt, Jane Scobie and @lincswildlife.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Favourite photos from Sounding The Wash at #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve. With Sophie Marritt, Jane Scobie and @lincswildlife.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Friday 19th September - meet the artists at "Sounding The Wash", Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire, UK! All welcome!

Call in any time 10am - noon. The exhibition then closes at 1pm.

Huge thanks to all our visitors so far, and the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social!
Kathryn Parsons, Jane Scobie and Sophie Marritt at Gibraltar Point, The Wash, Lincolnshire. The landscape behind the three women is sand dunes, with the sea in the far distance. It's sunny with a few clouds. A collection of small sculptures sits in a display case, in a window overlooking the Wash, Lincolnshire. The sculptures, made by Kathryn Parsons, are made of objects collected on the strandline. Work by Jane Scobie at Gibraltar Point Nature reserve, for the Sounding The Wash exhibition. There's a deckchair with strandline shells and seaweed on the floor. From the ceiling a willow and fabric sculpture is suspended. Poster for Sounding The Wash. The text reads: Sounding The Wash Sculpture and soundscapes Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve Saturday 13th - Friday 19th September 2025 (closing 1pm on Friday) Sophie Marritt Kathryn Parsons Jane Scobie With Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Opening today at Gibraltar Point - a thought-provoking exhibition inspired by the wildlife of The Wash by @kathrynparsons.bsky.social, Sophie Marritt and Jane Scobie.
Head to the Old Coastguard Station to see some of the exhibits and for a map of the other locations.
September 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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#SoundingTheWash is now open! At #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve, near Skegness, Lincs, UK until 1pm, 19th Sept '25.

Story, sculpture & soundworks by #JaneScobie, #SophieMarrit & me! With @lincswildlife.bsky.social.

Meet the artists Friday 19th Sept, 10am - noon.
Free entry. Parking fees apply.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Only 2 places left!! 😃 It'll be a gorgeous workshop exploring #ecoprinting on paper - a day of gentle fun, creativity and nature - between Stamford and Peterborough, UK PE6 7EL

With @sarahlambert7.bsky.social me and #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.

Who wants to join us? 😃 tinyurl.com/3yf9sujs
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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One sodden cloud doth not end the drought (but the petrichor be divine!) 🌧️
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Gorgeous new workshop! Eco-printing on Paper! 😃
Fri. 3rd October 2025 with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and me. Join us for a fun, relaxing day coaxing colours from wildflowers!

In partnership with @LangdykeCT. At Swaddywell Nature Reserve, near Stamford, LIncs PE6 7EL.

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August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Well that was a marvellous day - with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social leading a cyanotype workshop for a bunch of wonderful creative people - celebrating the beauty of nature on #LangdykeCountrysideTrust nature reserves

#cyanotype #Langdyke #ecoprinting
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Absolutely delighted - these super-fragile porcelain sculptures survived the heat of the kiln!! 😃

Made for "Sounding The Wash" at #GibraltarPoint, UK 13th 19th Sept 2025, with the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social, #SophieMarritt & #JaneScobie
on the bottom left there's a female hand, the thumb and first finger are touching the edge of a tiny white porcelain flower that's part of a larger sculpture. The flower is about 5mm across. It's joined to a cluster of other porcelain flowers, leaves, lichens and shells by long entwined strands of porcelain that create a swirling shape. In the top right there's a glimpse of another part of the sculpture with tiny porcelain shells and leaves on three strands of porcelain making a swirling circle.
August 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Spend a relaxing day making beautiful images using wildflowers with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and me!

Cyanotype workshop - Thursday 21st August 2025
near Helpston, Peterborough, Cambs PE6 7EL

More info & tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/62290773383

In association with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.
August 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Cyanotype bunting, created to celebrate the biodiversity on #LangdykeCountrysideTrust's nature reserves, by me & @sarahlambert7.bsky.social

#artfornature #cyanotypes #meadow
August 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM