Sovay Berriman
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Sovay Berriman
@sovayberriman.bsky.social
Artist & plumber
Kernewek, Vegan, ND
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Catching Copper exhibition preview - Saturday 9th August
Time: 12noon - 3pm
Readings: 12:30 & 2pm
Michell’s Engine House, East Pool Mine, Agar Rd, TR15 3ED

#catchingcopper
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
All are invited to the Private View (details below) when I’ll be talking more about the new works included and reading excerpts from the short story. Please RSVP via DM or email me through my website as due to the nature of the site numbers are limited.
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
During Sept the show will be part of @heritageopendays for which I've created a guided walk that will take you through key sites of local heritage and personal connection. I'll be leading this in person on Saturday 13th, with the @eastpoolminent team leading the other walks on 14th, 20th & 21st
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impacted this area & my family.

This work is a song of grief and awakening – for me, those close to me, and to Kernow. To shake off the crushing burdens of those systems and claim the joy and power that is ours.
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM


I feel shaped by this land, from playing in abandoned mine workings & swimming in rock pools, to sitting in a giant's hand-prints on & honouring Knockers with my pasty crusts. But I am also shaped by inflexible structures & systems that seek to wield power over all our lives, & which have
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It builds on my story, Catching Copper, & draws on my memories of the industrial, rural, & personal landscapes of Kernow. Both the original story & the show consider the increasing inequality in social change, the impact of land development on our environment, and the resilience of Cornish culture.
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM