Pauline Woolley

"Nine Hazel Sticks" is a creative and engaging project that blends art, nature, mythology, and community involvement to explore the relationship between humans and the environment, while also drawing on historical and cultural connections to Mesolithic materials. It showcases the potential for art to raise awareness and engage the public in conversations about environmental sustainability.

With a focus on land intervention Billie Ireland collaborated with artist Pauline Woolley. This type of art often uses natural materials and is created in outdoor environments. 

Billie makes research and site responsive, temporary land art interventions, sculpture, print and film often using carbonised materials. The production of biochar is a central process in her projects. Biochar is a form of charcoal that has multiple applications in agriculture and environmental conservation, archaeology, technology and much more. Environmentally It can be used to improve soil health and sequester carbon.  This black gold that is key to life on earth is central in my work because of its ability to making the fleeting nature of existence palpable.

Pauline Woolley's artistic work often revolves around themes related to place, time and the night sky with a focus on lunar and solar imagery.  With an interest in archeoastronomy new perspectives were brought into the project by thinking about our ancestors' connections to the moon as a marker of deep time.