SEA, SKY, SALT, SOIL.... Opening soon!

It’s been a busy and inspiring few months as I prepare for my upcoming exhibition Sea, Sky, Salt, Soil: Art of the Sussex Coastline, and I wanted to share an update with you.

🌊 About the Exhibition

Sea, Sky, Salt, Soil is a celebration of the elemental Sussex coastline — its shifting skies, salt air, chalk cliffs, and rolling tides.

It brings together new bodies of work I’ve been developing with seawater, wildflower seeds, and fragments gathered from our local beaches, alongside works by three brilliant Sussex-based artists:

Julian Warrender — narrative jewellery created from recycled precious metals

Julie Ingham — coastal-inspired illustration and design, including her Coastal Range of prints and product

Kate McMinnies — expressive ceramic forms that capture tide lines, seed pods, and the spirit of clay

📅 15–19 October 2025
📍 The Crypt Gallery, Seaford
⏰ Open daily 10am–5pm | Free entry

🌿 New Participatory Installation

I’m especially excited to share a new participatory wildflower installation. Visitors will be invited to create small wildflower “pods” from seaweed bubbles, soil, and seeds — placing one within the exhibition as a collective offering, and taking one home to plant. This make one, take one process is designed to spread care for our environment, and to connect our Sussex coast with living landscapes beyond the gallery.

✨ Special Events

Alongside the exhibition, there will be two unique opportunities to deepen the conversation around art, wellbeing, and ecology:

Blue Spaces: How & Why Water Can Make You Feel Better
with Dr Catherine Kelly
📅 Saturday 18 October, 7pm | The Crypt Undercroft
🎟️ Book your ticket here

Walk & Talk: Discovering Sussex Coastal Nature
with naturalist Steve Homewood
📅 Sunday 19 October, 9.30–10.30am | Seaford seafront + The Crypt
🎟️ Book your ticket here

Spaces are limited for both events, so early booking is recommended.

💌 Why This Exhibition Matters

For me, this exhibition is about more than displaying work. It’s about exploring how we live with — and care for — the changing coastline of Sussex. It’s about connection: between sea and soil, between people and place, and between art and the natural world.

I’d love for you to join us in October — to experience the work, take part in the installation, and perhaps stay for one of the talks.

Laura x