{"id":440385,"date":"2026-04-17T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/440385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:05:17","slug":"a-giant-wool-form-by-nicola-turner-heaves-and-skitters-through-an-18th-century-chapel-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/440385\/","title":{"rendered":"A Giant Wool Form by Nicola Turner Heaves and Skitters Through an 18th-Century Chapel \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a converted 18th-century chapel on the grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture Park<\/a>, a strange form creeps through openings in the architecture. One can imagine its clipper- and knife-footed tendrils scurrying across the floor as it spills from an upper aperture and even slithers around part of the building\u2019s exterior. Its otherworldly genesis is at the hands of Nicola Turner<\/a>, known for her monumental, contorted textile installations<\/a> that often heave and surge from structures and public spaces.<\/p>\n

Turner\u2019s solo exhibition, Time\u2019s Scythe, comprises forms made of recycled wool and horsehair, which she hand-stitches inside of mesh to create the bulging, knotted forms. \u201cThis is Turner\u2019s first large-scale installation to use pale wool and creates a different energy to her dark sculptures, moving away from their more melancholic character,\u201d the gallery says.<\/p>\n

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Time\u2019s Scythe continues through September 27 in Wakefield. If you go, check out LR Vandy<\/a>\u2019s provocative exhibition, Rise, which also continues into September. See more on Turner\u2019s Instagram<\/a>, and for more twisting, creature-like forms, might also enjoy the work of Kate MccGwire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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