Refuging toolkit, beaver rituals Rejmyre Art Lab

Refuging Toolkit is a group exhibition that opened 16.03 -06.06.2024 with the artists that participated in the Refuging residency in spring 2023 at Rejmyre Art Lab. We explored the theme of Refuging from different angles and perspective of nature and identity. I explored wood carving as a form of refuging bringing me closer to the more that human, the beavers in particular. As an artist working with craft the process of being with the material is important, and as I found wood trunks in the area- I started to carve organically following the shapes of the wood- this created pockets in which I placed bits of glass. As the residency was tightly knit with the glass factory we were invited to bring it into our process, I was delighted to pick left overs of glass to be part of my work.