Bryony Rose

Bryony Rose was born in Chicago and has just graduated from Glasgow School of Art in Painting and Printmaking. I loved her show, which was fantastically flimsy and  kinetic, full of fragile magic and naive wonder.

With the discovery of the New World came the notion that plants originating from the Garden of Eden, instead of being corrupted, had in fact been fragmented and scattered across the world. By creating gardens that brought together all these plant elements, Renaissance scholars hoped to re-create something of this lost paradise. The moving elements of my piece were inspired by accounts of ancient gardens where statues were animated using hydraulics, and, in the case of the revolving sheep piece, the Irish immram tale of St. Brendan and his encounter with ‘The Island of Conforming Sheep’. Bryony Rose

Glasgow School of Art

In a week when much of Scotland was abuzz with the new Reid Building for Glasgow School of Art designed by Steven Holl, having watched the fantastic documentary. Plus preparing ourselves for the upcoming annual showcase of talent at the degree show. It was with horror and disbelief that Scotland and much of the world watched as the iconic Rennie Mackintosh building was engulfed by flames. 
The damage was limited by very the rapid response and efforts of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crew and is said to not be as bad as first anticipated.
I cannot imagine how it must have felt to have witnessed this horrific event.
Many would say it is only a building, but when a building is so iconic of a city and a creative vision, it is more than 'a building' it is a history, a culture, a dream and place that has a strong pull on many of our hearts. 
May it rise from the flames like a phoenix as quickly as possible.