The artist, from a farm in Dumfries and Galloway takes inspiration from her fear of waste. She uses the by-products of her husband’s meat and game business, found bones, skulls, road kill and transforms them into objects of desire. A veritable museum of curiosities, Silvy’s work is reminiscent of decorative arts from a by-gone era.

Biography

Born 1968, 1987 – 1990 Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts B.A (Hons) degree in Fine Art (painting), Sept – Dec 1986 7th term Art Course, Marlborough (A Foundation course condensed into a term), 1984 – 1986 Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 1980 – 1984, Faringdon Secondary School, Oxfordshire.