Image title: Pantry Windowsill, Cabin at Bucks Mills © Rachel Marsh
A Truce with Time: The Cabin, Bucks Mills, then and now
The Cabin in Bucks Mills is described at the “summer studio” of artists Judith Ackland and Mary Stella Edwards, with an interior left almost as it was the last time the artists stayed there. It has an atmosphere all its own, which seems to collapse time. Rachel Marsh presents her pinhole photographs of the interior of the Cabin, taken during an artist’s residency in 2021, that capture its timeless quality and the vibrant materiality of the things that remain. The experience of being in the Cabin, and reading Mary Stella Edwards’ poetry, had a profound effect.
Rachel Marsh is now researching the Archive at the Burton at Bideford for a PhD that explores Mary Stella Edwards’ relationship with the more-than-human world. The second half of the talk will present photographs from the Archive of the Cabin, taken by Mary Stella Edwards and Judith Ackland, and from the mid-70s which show the Cabin as they lived and worked in it, alongside some of Edwards’ poems.
Car parking
This workshop takes place at the Burton Art Gallery and Museum. We are situated on the edge of Victoria Park in Bideford, next to a Torridge District Council owned car park where charges apply. For more details on parking in Bideford, visit the Torridge District Council website.
Concessionary rates, cancellations and refunds
Concessionary rates need to be booked directly through the gallery either in person or over the telephone by calling 01237 471455.
Workshops cancelled with under 48 hours’ notice are non-refundable. An Eventbrite admin fee will be automatically deducted for workshops cancelled with more than 48 hours’ notice.
