Temporal | Spatial | Spiritual

Artist in Residence Exhibition

St Julian’s Church

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Coinciding with the celebration of Julian in May, our artist-in-residence Debra Shipley has made a special bowl which takes as its inspiration the candles lit by pilgrims and visitors to the shrine. Speaking about the Votive Bowl, Debra says:

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'Many people who visit the church and shrine take a moment to light a candle while they are here. This action means something specific to each individual, but what they all have in common is that, for however briefly, they each stop for a moment to look at the small, flickering flame. A moment of thought and reflection. I wanted my Votive Bowl to speak to that moment. When people look into the bowl, they will see that I have melted candle wax into the paper. I have utilised this residual wax from candles in the Shrine collected by a volunteer over several weeks.​ The structure of the bowl was made from junk mail and discarded packaging delivered to the visitor centre. Like all the bowls in my 'Bowls in a Fragile World' collection, it is polluted with chemicals and fragments of unwanted plastic.'

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Votive Bowl will be on display throughout May. Do come to the Shrine and see it for yourself if you can. More of Debra's artwork is on show in our visitor centre, and on 12 May she is running an event 'Sketch with the Artist' from 10:30am to 1pm. Email josiah.english@julianofnorwich.org to book your place.

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To get in touch with Debra or find out more about her projects, you can find her on Instagram, just search for @debra.artist.