Current Projects

All The Saints
A Covid Memorial for All Saint's Church, Child's Hill, North London.

During WW2, the East Windows of this church were destroyed during a bombing raid, and the voids bricked up. For this community-inspired project, Sophie will create five designs celebrating and commemorating the community response to the Covid Pandemic. (Another, smaller, light is on the south elevation). These will be produced in opaque glass. The project has now reached its final stages, and the designs have now moved to the production stage. The final artworks will be dedicated by the Bishop of London at the 70th Anniversary of the Re-Dedication of the church, November 6th 2022.

eOn Saturday 13th August, the artwork was approved by the Committee chosen to oversee the project. The main elevation fills the east end of the wall, with four tall lights, each one approximately 254cm x60cm. On the north elevation is 'The Children's Window', which is illustrated here. This design explores the experience of children in the community, some of whom feature in the fragments. It includes references to school closures, learning at home, being separated from friends and wider family, the empty playgrounds, and some of the activities that filled their time. The sadness and difficulty is redeemed as we move up the window.

Artist in Residence
On the first day of Spring, 2022, Sophie took up an Arts Residency at the Gilbert White House and Gardens, in Selborne, Hampshire. A number of projects are taking shape, including a #JuBEElee event with the beekeepers, a novel way to raise awareness of the importance of conservation, working alongside craftspeople, and offering creative workshops, along with regular journalling and sketching. Now five months into the Residency, Sophie has continued to fulfill all the anticipated activities, and is also creating lasting legacies including two benches using fallen cedar boughs from a vast Cedar of Lebanon (one bench inspired by children's drawings, the other by adults attending a creative workshop). A large number of unique Nature Journals, cyanotype artworks, small 'found objects' and collaged images will be exhibited at the Final Show, which will be in April, May and June 2023. Please contact the artist if you would like to attend the Private View.

St Mary's Church, Alderbury, October 2021 onwards..
A new, fixed, all-seasons frontal for the High Altar. The artwork was printed onto heavy silk by R A Smarts, and layered with added textures into a completed design. The fabrication was done by Anna Diamond, and the frontal was dedicated and blessed by the Bishop of Ramsbury in May 2022. Two stoles were also designed by Sophie and fabricated by J&M Sewing.

HMP Bronzefield High Security Women's Prison, February 2022 onwards
An exciting proposal to re-order a multi-faith space with 16 windows, working with the residents to create the designs, based on 'the Healing Garden'. Also a new, interactive sculpture in limewood to enable the residents to express and acknowledge loss . Two National Charities and private donors have generously funded the cost for this ambitious and worthwhile project. The windows will be produced by Proto Studios, and the carving by Alex Jones.

An example of one of the designs for these windows. All the shapes were created by the residents during a series of workshops, run by Sophie exploring their emotional landscape and memories of gardens and nature. The 16 new windows are now in production with Proto Glass Studios, and will be installed in November 2022.

Bronze Processional Cross for Winchester Cathedral. In memory of Dean James Atwell, this cross takes its inspiration from Dean James's life as a farmer. Sophie 'gleaned' some wheat from a local farm (with permission!) and created the design from the sheaves gathered there. The Cross was cast at Talos Foundry. The staff and finials were carved by Alex Jones. It was dedicated on May 1, 2022.

Teaching and Speaking engagements 2022-3
A Creative Retreat will be held at The Royal Foundation St Katherine in May 2023, called Creation and Creativity. Please contact the Retreat Centre for bookings.

In 2022, Sophie will be speaking at the National Vergers' Conference, Malvern.

Sophie will be speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Nightingale Nurses Foundation, St Thomas's Hospital, May 2023.

A range of speaking events will be taking place following the completion and dedication of the Bronzefield 'Healing Garden' windows, and the 'All the Saints' Covid Memorial, Child's Hill. Please contact the artist for more details.