May 2023
Approx. 2x2x1.5m
Steel, Chicken wire, Cob mixture (soil, sand, straw), Gunwalloe clay, Hand-spun wool dyed with madder root
Come, sit, meditate.
Go inwards to reflect. Into nature. Into the earth and become grounded.
Let yourself be rekindled in this sacred, safe space. In a womb which holds beginning and restoration.
Just be and connect to the earth around you.
Look out into nature, then become rebirthed into it.
Inspired by Cornish Fogous which are underground chambers made around the Iron Age, thought to have been places for rituals and connecting the earth with the spiritual.
Made of a cob mixture that includes clay foraged from Gunwalloe, the whole process of making this sculpture has physically, emotionally and spiritually connected me to the earth.
Rebuilding ‘Earth Womb’
I rebuilt this sculpture at a local community garden where I held a workshop to involve other people in the building process. I personally found the building to be very therapeutic; being physically connecting to the earth with your hands and feet, meditatively stomping and building with the mix, being liberated through a childlike state of play and getting dirty, and connecting to your wild core through this primitive process.
I want people to also experience this and believe many people can benefit from this therapeutic process. This is especially true in our society where so many people don’t engage with nature and where many people feel very isolated due to the lack of communities.
Therefore, I am planning to build another sculpture, to involve more people and hold more workshops so this process can reach out to a wide audience.
If you are interested in being involved, to hold a workshop or commission a sculpture, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Milly Wakelin 