https://amystory.co.uk Amy Story Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:23:32 +0000 https://amystory.co.uk en https://amystory.co.uk/Art-Practice Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:41:33 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Art-Practice https://amystory.co.uk/Illustration Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:40:16 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Illustration https://amystory.co.uk/Current-Work Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:23:32 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Current-Work <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cb64d85b3bb9aa4e0472a839b6ace0d6f8beffcafe8300b066986fd5e657146/expectation-1---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626877" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cb64d85b3bb9aa4e0472a839b6ace0d6f8beffcafe8300b066986fd5e657146/expectation-1---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /> Current work...&nbsp; Charcoal, pen, pastel on paper My current strand of work is centred on the body and uses mark making to explore subconscious emotions.&nbsp; I use automatic drawing as a technique to produce shapes and lines, creating a call and response process in which I can then actively work with the shapes that have emerged - repeating, altering, and noticing patterns. I’m currently working primarily in charcoal on paper, and the drawings I produce move between representational and abstract forms. <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c9b1332aa7bd7437b0930a655ac4a55793317462f957c1988263e0e6cd2a01e/body-mind-1---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c9b1332aa7bd7437b0930a655ac4a55793317462f957c1988263e0e6cd2a01e/body-mind-1---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d46c992fa6a212aad34b42cb482ec85cabd601338089c43df254b1ee2f848147/body-mind-2-artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626875" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d46c992fa6a212aad34b42cb482ec85cabd601338089c43df254b1ee2f848147/body-mind-2-artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72da53f0c9cd15e314aadb9c0d4111f4c54b6a02406cc7616a3ee44b5cc8e3a3/body-mind-3---amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626876" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72da53f0c9cd15e314aadb9c0d4111f4c54b6a02406cc7616a3ee44b5cc8e3a3/body-mind-3---amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/671a3c2b568b36e0f26950ce77a98be18eaed7f201154ac34007864e5a5548d9/expectation-2---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/671a3c2b568b36e0f26950ce77a98be18eaed7f201154ac34007864e5a5548d9/expectation-2---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c806337d7ad6000344d4544963fda91bc7ecd2176c99c34fa48e56015b64a244/IMG_6160.jpg" data-mid="247626881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c806337d7ad6000344d4544963fda91bc7ecd2176c99c34fa48e56015b64a244/IMG_6160.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21c5ef35a6cb39696ca50958a992f00b83cf22fbb9c6937b6ccfbe32b517e988/holding-outside---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21c5ef35a6cb39696ca50958a992f00b83cf22fbb9c6937b6ccfbe32b517e988/holding-outside---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a828d3abf05d998b54d9f7ea9f1dcbda40910abe33ff3dd5f46b6af839f91a8/two-aspects---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a828d3abf05d998b54d9f7ea9f1dcbda40910abe33ff3dd5f46b6af839f91a8/two-aspects---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9e91562bd89f059a6b6e76aa5ad3fc9d2843009506ac7f65e2c23d19fb94f2e/shadow---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9e91562bd89f059a6b6e76aa5ad3fc9d2843009506ac7f65e2c23d19fb94f2e/shadow---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f5c6a1b6e9aeabcaa0b1d9bccf2fe696dd231de2ef6025874834002cc48c840/inside---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f5c6a1b6e9aeabcaa0b1d9bccf2fe696dd231de2ef6025874834002cc48c840/inside---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /><img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c274929890c360cf5f9534a0c11a794a88e700da0fa6713a27f4da1aec2f42a/shaped-smooth---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" data-mid="247626898" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c274929890c360cf5f9534a0c11a794a88e700da0fa6713a27f4da1aec2f42a/shaped-smooth---artwork-by-amy-story.jpg" /> https://amystory.co.uk/Artwork-Artplay Mon, 05 May 2025 12:51:06 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Artwork-Artplay <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89208057042f57438860b2c57c582cd18e29b0ef914f36200a8381393e6514f2/Artwork-Artplay-social-media.png" data-mid="232801435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89208057042f57438860b2c57c582cd18e29b0ef914f36200a8381393e6514f2/Artwork-Artplay-social-media.png" /> Artwork / Artplay&nbsp; Paper Collage / Mixed Media / Digital 13 Jun - 26 Jul 2025 People’s Gallery, Kendal Museum Art Work / Art Play is an exhibition of paper, felt, interactive and digital collages, exploring themes of work and play. The materials used are familiar from childhood art projects. Interactive elements nurture a sense of intrigue and allow for shifts in perspective. Work and play are explored via nature, energy, farming, systems, culture and control. By considering these familiar subjects from different vantage points new questions can emerge. Why do we work? Can work be playful? Can play be work? Is art work? This exhibition builds on work in an online exhibition: Work / Purpose / Play <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc29f83ded508d687baef1aeea48b228490bafb36fe8bac43d3f52736f1ae11f/Photo-14-06-2025--14-14-15.jpg" data-mid="246569179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc29f83ded508d687baef1aeea48b228490bafb36fe8bac43d3f52736f1ae11f/Photo-14-06-2025--14-14-15.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16a0f0ee627bf2f4be8be97d76d87f4b34f70167eb7e36f3665a380dc335a9f8/IMG_5577.jpg" data-mid="246569092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16a0f0ee627bf2f4be8be97d76d87f4b34f70167eb7e36f3665a380dc335a9f8/IMG_5577.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9250d7aa06b06c16aee3a1a70205d207c66e715599e78f845bcade3af1ab2f70/Photo-14-06-2025--14-15-28.jpg" data-mid="246569192" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9250d7aa06b06c16aee3a1a70205d207c66e715599e78f845bcade3af1ab2f70/Photo-14-06-2025--14-15-28.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baed2d8addca7428715e923fdec33e2170c80d005c42580620e5aaa99a6ad774/IMG_5559.jpg" data-mid="246569223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/baed2d8addca7428715e923fdec33e2170c80d005c42580620e5aaa99a6ad774/IMG_5559.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e8c29b6819c0d9db424f5a58c2d0553ed6f9396a1d4beedfd301ab9c652eadd/Photo-14-06-2025--13-13-48.jpg" data-mid="246569226" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e8c29b6819c0d9db424f5a58c2d0553ed6f9396a1d4beedfd301ab9c652eadd/Photo-14-06-2025--13-13-48.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7db9cdfbbc0e9123b82c6b6b03752fbb42e51189973e99dfea201bf24d101ea3/Photo-14-06-2025--13-14-07.jpg" data-mid="246569232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7db9cdfbbc0e9123b82c6b6b03752fbb42e51189973e99dfea201bf24d101ea3/Photo-14-06-2025--13-14-07.jpg" /> https://amystory.co.uk/Work-Purpose-Play Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:36:01 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Work-Purpose-Play <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d40168b7f08fcfe52ecd361f9572c3633cd86454109572dd4fd4342b1a4d1774/Video-1-screensave.jpg" data-mid="208521455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d40168b7f08fcfe52ecd361f9572c3633cd86454109572dd4fd4342b1a4d1774/Video-1-screensave.jpg" /> Work / Purpose / Play&nbsp; Mixed Media Online &amp; Linden Print Studio, Carlisle 2023 Work / Purpose / Play&nbsp;uses archive film footage, paper and digital collages and includes some interactive elements. It’s currently exhibiting online and in-person at Linden Print Studio, near Carlisle until August 2024. Visit the online exhibition, create your own digital collage, read some background thoughts on the project and find out more. <img width="2309" height="1500" width_o="2309" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5236d6d1ef2920172f5821cda497c67e82dd0d365ede8846ef69b8ef5a3a3f5c/Scan-2024-02-20_09-59-40-2.jpg" data-mid="208521637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5236d6d1ef2920172f5821cda497c67e82dd0d365ede8846ef69b8ef5a3a3f5c/Scan-2024-02-20_09-59-40-2.jpg" /> https://amystory.co.uk/Drawing-Seeing Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:15:42 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Drawing-Seeing <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80fae2250c888266c5c4b36e39276c3a9dd06b1f07781008a911e89c3c803bfa/IMG_3308.jpg" data-mid="169457490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80fae2250c888266c5c4b36e39276c3a9dd06b1f07781008a911e89c3c803bfa/IMG_3308.jpg" /> Drawing/Seeing Pen on mountboard Group Exhibition Florence Arts Centre 2022 After spending most of my creative practice working with video, projection and digital media, I wanted to re-establish a relationship with drawing and mark making. I began researching drawing techniques, and contour drawing was something I came across which I became fascinated with. To make a drawing you slowly move your eyes around the outline of the object, at the same time moving your pen across the paper, without looking down too much! This appealed to me as I’m fascinated by sensory perception and the brain/body connection. I was also interested in challenging the traditional narrative of still-life subjects - such as bowls of fruit. Can seemingly humdrum household objects become still life subjects?&nbsp;My drawings were included in the Fruitful exhibition at Florence Arts Centre. <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e44c3b40c2eda8a7868b1576e201b465c93377669f020a532be13d8a870f702/IMG_3289.jpg" data-mid="169457474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e44c3b40c2eda8a7868b1576e201b465c93377669f020a532be13d8a870f702/IMG_3289.jpg" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80fae2250c888266c5c4b36e39276c3a9dd06b1f07781008a911e89c3c803bfa/IMG_3308.jpg" data-mid="169457490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80fae2250c888266c5c4b36e39276c3a9dd06b1f07781008a911e89c3c803bfa/IMG_3308.jpg" /><img width="3543" height="3543" width_o="3543" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eabb13bde52c6b3e037a97656fe1f7b76ece1089dea5eafcb3f72d3457d7d87/Fruitful-social-2-small.jpg" data-mid="169458414" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2eabb13bde52c6b3e037a97656fe1f7b76ece1089dea5eafcb3f72d3457d7d87/Fruitful-social-2-small.jpg" /> Fruitful exhibition information:&nbsp; Florence Arts Centre is marking Spring 2022 with a burst of artistic endeavour, a forthright celebration of new growth and creative abundance. We invited artists, makers and craftspeople to submit proposals inspired by the word fruitful, in its broadest sense. &lt;&lt;fruitful&gt;&gt; productive, helpful, fertile &lt;&lt;frui&gt;&gt; borrowed from Latin, to enjoy or delight in Everyone was encouraged to push their boundaries, to shake off the cobwebs and try something new. To be bold and ambitious. To tell a story. https://amystory.co.uk/Shape-Language-Story Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:14:29 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Shape-Language-Story <img width="1920" height="1440" width_o="1920" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/701a9ec706930b246f75723e0798177493e91b7bb6f135bad0d08a06604c76bb/SLS1.jpg" data-mid="130635967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/701a9ec706930b246f75723e0798177493e91b7bb6f135bad0d08a06604c76bb/SLS1.jpg" /> Shape/Language/Story Mixed Media RE:FORM&nbsp; 2021, Florence Arts Centre, Cumbria ‘Shape/Language/Story’ was developed from ‘Found Constellations’ a 2017 project which explored Cumbria’s industrial and railway heritage. In that work I created 12 unique shapes by joining up lines between the map coordinate points of disused train stations throughout Cumbria. I always wanted the shapes to be used again and RE:FORM became the perfect way to do that. I saw the project as a chance to experiment and move the shapes beyond their original digital format. I also relished the chance to push my own boundaries&nbsp;by working with with wire&nbsp;for the first time and experimenting with language and writing. In making this work I’ve been thinking about the relationship between text and images, and the fact that the history of written language ultimately leads back to pictures through pictograms and hieroglyphs. How does language affect our interpretation of images? Our brains are always seeking to ‘join up the dots’, to see patterns and more than anything to tell stories. In naming the shapes I wanted to explore this further. RE:FORM is a collaborative project which asked members of Art Crit North Cumbria to make a new piece of work in response to a unique shape. The 12 shapes were part of a 2017 artwork ‘Found Constellations’ by Amy Story which explored Cumbria’s industrial and railway heritage. Art Crit North Cumbria are a group of artists from different backgrounds and disciplines who help each other to develop artistic practice and projects through open and constructive feedback and collective knowledge. #ArtCritNorthCumbria Art Crit North Cumbria Exhibiting Artists: Alison Critchlow / Amy Story / Anne Waggot Knott / Carlie-Rose Bush / Caroline Dalton / Catriona Archibald / Dave Gowers / Dorothy Ramsay / Laura M R Harrison / Leo Ponton / Steve Meyfroidt &amp; Kym Coratin / Susan Young / Vega Brennan <img width="1440" height="1711" width_o="1440" height_o="1711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/623e3c0ec5a019aae1af0b2efe5dcbafa53d5c0618fc0b86032c455c7efde204/SLS2.jpg" data-mid="130637208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/623e3c0ec5a019aae1af0b2efe5dcbafa53d5c0618fc0b86032c455c7efde204/SLS2.jpg" /><img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e822553e361ebaa85e0a3d95e80b0e75638d408909e7f5459b6e94363e610ed/Wire-gif.gif" data-mid="133329633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e822553e361ebaa85e0a3d95e80b0e75638d408909e7f5459b6e94363e610ed/Wire-gif.gif" /><img width="1393" height="1920" width_o="1393" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9e8e480c026ecea6d0476209a2495a90971682daa0b51ff13d39ba210549766/SLS4.jpg" data-mid="130637213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9e8e480c026ecea6d0476209a2495a90971682daa0b51ff13d39ba210549766/SLS4.jpg" /> <img width="1776" height="1415" width_o="1776" height_o="1415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/259f3b2699b96708e4077fa0911819a4cc3761773a420d61e8dad2f0aeec29c0/SLS3.jpg" data-mid="130637209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/259f3b2699b96708e4077fa0911819a4cc3761773a420d61e8dad2f0aeec29c0/SLS3.jpg" /> Take a look round the RE:FORM exhibition, video footage: Leo Ponton https://amystory.co.uk/Re-familiarisation Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:13:38 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/Re-familiarisation <img width="1600" height="759" width_o="1600" height_o="759" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8eff63446b241699dca850a8bf519389515573b6f71e57ecea8bab104f317e3b/Refamil2.JPG" data-mid="138979757" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8eff63446b241699dca850a8bf519389515573b6f71e57ecea8bab104f317e3b/Refamil2.JPG" /> Re-familiarisation Video Artful Ways&nbsp; 2021, Various Locations, Cumbria &amp; Online ‘Re-familiarisation’ is a video piece for the #ArtfulWaysCumbria project. I mapped out the cultural points of interest from my Artful Ways route around Carlisle city centre. From these points I created a set of 12 shapes (constellations). In the first half of the video the 12 shapes appear alongside the map. In the second half, photographs taken along the way appear underneath a new shape, which gradually forms as all of the shapes are placed on top of each other. I first developed this technique of forming shapes/constellations from map points during a project with Signal Film &amp; Media in 2017: Found Constellations Artful Ways: Over the summer of 2021, Artful Ways invited people around Cumbria to help put creativity &amp; culture on the map. The project created a new map of Cumbria showing walking routes that feature artistic and cultural places. People were asked to make an artistic response to their walk and the results are collected in an online gallery and are touring Cumbria in 2022 <img width="1599" height="756" width_o="1599" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/159d58ce7a3281b9a27b0c2aa3be2eb13287785ece61776512c3e6db08efa0a5/Refamil1.JPG" data-mid="138979764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/159d58ce7a3281b9a27b0c2aa3be2eb13287785ece61776512c3e6db08efa0a5/Refamil1.JPG" /> https://amystory.co.uk/The-Chain Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:41:34 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/The-Chain <img width="1336" height="752" width_o="1336" height_o="752" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cfa2aa03d130676a24f9516ad0b04eb12527fafbd9db904b8f02edb2160da36/The-Chain.JPG" data-mid="119916807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cfa2aa03d130676a24f9516ad0b04eb12527fafbd9db904b8f02edb2160da36/The-Chain.JPG" /> The ChainCollaborative Video Newbridge Collective Studio 2021, Online The Chain is a collaborative video created by members of The Newbridge Project Collective Studio cohort 2020/2021. It was shown as part of ‘Collected’ a group exhibition by The NewBridge Project’s Collective Studio cohort of 2020/1 at 36 Gallery, Newcastle.I came up with the project idea as a way for studio members to work collaboratively but still in isolation from each other both geographically and due to COVID.The Chain is based on the paper folding game Exquisite Corpse where one person draws a head and folds over the paper leaving a couple of lines of the neck visible for the next person to start drawing the body from, and so on until you reach the feet.Each participant acted as a link in the chain and was given the last 10 seconds of the previous person’s video to respond to. Participants were asked to film 30 seconds of footage in-camera and to add no extra sound or video effects, so that the editing would effectively take place at the point of the decision made by each participant upon deciding what to film/how to respond.The idea was to enable a sense of working quickly and to cast off the pressure of perfectionism, focussing more on the generative ideas process than the end result.The 7 chain participants were: Amy Story, Lauren Matthews, Margaret Jennings, Jade cooper, Oona Wilkinson, Charlie Dean, Dan Russell. https://amystory.co.uk/3rdWAVE Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:40:15 +0000 Amy Story https://amystory.co.uk/3rdWAVE <img width="1577" height="788" width_o="1577" height_o="788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e54f05a07d250103628d0668a5e89a38eaf80f86b37b8129e128722ac3a95a18/3rd-wave.JPG" data-mid="119921125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e54f05a07d250103628d0668a5e89a38eaf80f86b37b8129e128722ac3a95a18/3rd-wave.JPG" /> 3rdWAVE~Video - Live Captured Projection Mapping Newbridge Collective Studio Group Exhibition - 3rdWAVE, 2020, Online 3rdWAVE is a 3 stage workshop/exhibition featuring members of the 2020/2021 and previous Newbridge Collective Studio cohorts. The project is designed by Will Stockwell and its aim is to foster a cross pollination of ideas between the old and new Collective Studio cohorts. New participants were allocated work from previous participants and asked to make something in response. I was partnered up with Imo Jeffes and Gemma Jones.I used projection mapping software to create two videos for my response. This allowed me to capture/record the videos live whilst adding and manipulating effects in real time to my source footage. This is the first time I’ve used this technique to create a video work and I found it was a very free-flowing way to get ideas down in video rather than using traditional video editing software which can be time consuming and can sometimes halt the creative process. See my response alongside the original work, and browse the other pieces on the site:https://3rdwave.cargo.site/IMO