Lizzie Farey (1962) is a contemporary willow sculptor and artist based in the Stewartry in Galloway, Scotland. She designs and creates wall sculptures and 3D forms using her own grown and harvested willow, as well as other local woods such as ash, hazel, birch catkins and larch.
Her work is inspired by the natural landscape that surrounds her home and studio, and draws on influences from Japan in her approach to capturing the simplicity, practicality and beauty of the materials.
Each work is built up slowly over a period of weeks; contemplative by nature, these pieces communicate a sense of calm. An outward expression of our internal thinking, emotion and desires, Farey’s work provides an inner safe place, a sanctuary where she can develop ideas and reach out to others.
Farey was born in Singapore. She studied at Canterbury College of Art and Cardiff College of Art. She turned to basketry in 1991, learning from her sister-in-law in North Wales.
According to Farey she is influenced by the "hills, lochs, larch and heather" of the Galloway countryside where she lives and works. She is beholden to the cycles of nature, growing willow in nearby farmer's fields and collecting ash and other materials from the hedgerows.
In 2007 Farey was awarded the Scottish Arts Council's Creative Development Award. Her work has been exhibited by BrownGrotta Arts in the US, Sotheby's in New York and London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her work The Cutting Edge is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Farley's work was included in City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland travelling exhibition Spirit of Air.
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| Ms. Lizzie Farey |
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| Ms. Lizzie Farey at work |
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| Willow Ball II, 2000 |
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| Willow Ball II, 2000 |
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| Willow Form, 2001 |
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| Marag, 2006 |
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| Inscriptions, 2010 |
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| Ash Bowl, 2013 |
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| Catkin Bowl, 2017 |
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| Circulus, 2017 |
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| Concentus cover, 2017 |
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| Folium, 2017 |
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| Forma Fluens, 2017 |
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| Indomitus, 2017 |
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| Large Platter, 2017 |
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| Leaves and seeds, 2017 |
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| Meadow, 2017 |
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| Nimbus, 2017 |
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| Small Dlattor, 2017 |
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| Swallows, 2017 |
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| Wall Sketch I, 2017 |
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| Orbiculus, 2018 |
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| Bog Myrtle Nest, 2020 |
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| Sauchen Curach II, 2020 |
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| Willow wall drawing, 2022 |
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| Midnight Moon, 2024 |
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| Outline Bowl, 2024 |
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| Early Spring, 2025 |
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| Wind in the Grasses, 2025 |
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| Willow Circle with Beech |
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