Glacial Particles
Carole Bury
Pleated Graphite Drawing
Ino Shi and Bib Tengulo Paper, Suni Ink, Cotton and Silk Thread
Unframed. 60cm x 17cm
'Glaciers are Natures Archives'
This statement in particular, by the United Nations, aroused feelings of awe, curiosity and inquisitiveness, triggering memories of Carole's own geographical interests. 2025 was the year of Glacial Preservation and alarm over the true health of our planet. Some ice cores from glaciers hold climate records as far back as 800,000 years. These 'ice time capsules' help scientists understand the cycles of warming and cooling the Earth has gone through.
Paper constructions and glacial core samples are the visual homage to the incredible, ancient, natural features sourced from the regenerative glacier, Perito Moreno, in Pategonia.
About Carole
Working between drawing and paper textile, Bury’s practice explores the delicate potential of translucent and pleated papers. Trained originally in Fine Art Embroidery, she carries the language of textile — gathering, folding, stitching, layering — into works that hover between drawing and object. The result is something both fragile and architectural: surfaces that hold memory, movement, and light.
Her works often begin outdoors. Walking, sketching, observing shifting landscapes and quiet pathways, she gathers fragments of place in small field notebooks. Back in the studio, these studies evolve through charcoal, ink, and pencil, expanding in scale and complexity. Lines accumulate like quiet conversations across the page, echoing journeys taken through land and time.
Living and working in the Cotswold Hills, Bury continues a practice that spans decades — from early work with the pioneering textile collective 62 Group to international exhibitions in drawing and paper art.
Her work invites a slower gaze: pleated landscapes, unfolding like held breath.
