ASHLEIGH FISK

artist | craftsperson | ceramicist

Ashleigh Fisk is an artist based in London and East Sussex. Working primarily in ceramics and print, her work expands into multiple other craft practices within a instillation context.

Fisk also produces functional small batch artisan ceramics for multiple clients and individuals, as well as signature personal lines.

All available pieces can be purchased via the online shop (re opening in june/july 2024) or by completing the made to order form.

Stock is dropped in the shop at intervals throughout the year. Updates on new stock arrivals are posted via the email mailing list and Instagram.

I WILL LIVE MANY YEARS IN THIS ROOM

Opening on the leap year, a day often regarded as a fracture in standard time, the exhibition takes the historic practice of letter locking as its starting point - a method of intricately cutting and folding a written letter in order to seal it, thereby ensuring the secrecy of its contents and verifying the author’s identity.

Working in dialogue with writer and researcher Gwen Dupré, Fisk utilises craft and storytelling traditions to conjure objects infused with queered and collective histories: ceramics, iron-gall ink, and materials foraged near Fisk’s home in Sussex are enclosed and entrusted with messages of secret desire. SET Lewisham’s gallery will be recomposed as a domestic space, reflective of womens’ ubiquitous experiences of mental and physical confinement as well as comfort and solace. Furnishings, objects and stained glass create a playful, anachronistic room in which many lives, both real and imagined, have been lived.

Over the course of the show, the exhibition will host a series of public workshops and gatherings ranging from visual scribing and letter locking to queer reading groups. Dates and booking information to be announced.

Exhibition opens Thursday 29 February 6pm - 9pm

Exhibition continues Thursday - Sunday, 1.30pm - 6pm until 24 March

Supported using public funding from Arts Council England.