A Well and Two Cisterns

Name: A Well and Two Cisterns
Brand: Mary Bourne
Price: 900.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Travertine
8 x 20 x 40 cm

£900.00

About the Artwork

This work explores one of the fundamental ways we alter the surface of the Earth to our own ends. The accessing and storage of water is essential to life and the village well was long the lifeblood of the community, often associated with spiritual or religious figures. Water was of such significance its provision must be a holy act.

This simple connection between people and place is now largely lost as clean water is delivered at scale, its source usually far away. For better or worse we have placed this essential resource into the hands of private companies.

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Details

Medium: Travertine

Year: 2025

Size: 8 x 20 x 40 cm

Ready to Hang:

It can sit on any suitable flat surface.

Mary Bourne

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mary Bourne RSA FRSS (b 1963) is a visual artist, principally a sculptor working in natural stone. She trained at Edinburgh College of Art, and following graduation in 1985 was a Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholar to Florence. Her practice is centred on how we live in the places we inhabit, exploring the character of locations as we find them, and considering how we can reveal aspects of them or instil them with new meaning. She has undertaken over forty place-specific commissions, often collaborating with other arts/design professionals and with local communities to produce work that is meaningful in its context. This work regularly brings her in contact with diverse groups of people, for example art students, farmers, pre-school/school children, museum curators, poets, wind farm employees and distillers.

Hypha Studios Artist: 'ASSEMBLY', curated by Alexandra Carr and Alex Breeze, at Hypha Gallery South Bank (2026)

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Upon purchase this artwork will be made available for collection from the artist within the AB55 postcode area of Auchindoun.

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