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Rosie Brand

Rosie Brand

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Seed: A Living Dream

Pritzlaff Conservation Center Gallery, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Exhibition on view December 7th 2024 - June 8th 2025

A cross-pollination between science and art, the exhibition celebrates the strange beauty of seeds, featuring micrographs from the Garden’s seed bank, paintings from local junior high students, and large scale ceramic sculptures by Rosie Brand.

More information at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

You can read Field Notes from the Studio, an essay about the making of this show on substack.




Sanicula maritima, 2024, glazed ceramic, 19" x 17" x 10"

Microseris paludosa, 2024, glazed ceramic, epoxy putty, epoxy resin, sand, 10" x 38" x 7"

Castilleja mollis, 2024, glazed ceramic, 10.5" x 7.5" x 6"

Eremalche parryi ssp. kernensis, 2024, glazed ceramic, 11.5" x 10" x 5.5"

Wild Cucumber Pod Variation, 2024, glazed ceramic, 11" x 20" x 20" Wild Cucumber Pod Variation, 2024, glazed ceramic, 11" x 20" x 20"

Seed: A Living Dream
Field Notes from the Studio 


A zine to accompany the exhibition at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, risograph printed with Bird in Hand Press, December 2024.

Read an excerpt of the essay in this zine on spiderhands.

Studio Ceramics, 2023-2024

Selected small sculptures.
 
Yucca Pod, 2024, glazed ceramic pictured with yucca seed pods Wings, 2024 glazed ceramic Wings, 2024, glazed ceramic Hands, 2024 glazed ceramic Hands, 2024 glazed ceramic Kelpie, 2024, glazed ceramic Confluence 2024, glazed ceramic Confluence 2024, glazed ceramic Pupa, 2024, glazed ceramic Offering, 2023, glazed ceramic pictured with mud stone Worm, 2024, glazed ceramic Goblet, 2024, glazed ceramic Goblet, 2024, glazed ceramic Candlestick, 2023, glazed ceramic Pod Orbit, 2024, ceramic Bowl, 2023, glazed ceramic Candlesticks, 2023, glazed ceramics

Creepers Zine, Volume I

Peapod Press

Creepers Zine is an exploration of the magic of invertebrates. A collection of drawings, thoughts, comics investigating fear and fantasy, beauty and disgust, enchantment and horror.

The graphic short story Spider contained in this zine also appeared in Air/Light! Magazine, Issue 10. 

24 Pages, 8.5” x 5.5”, two colour riso.

The Pace of a Stitch 

A.Y.F.P Issue 2

A personal essay for A Yarn and Fibre Publication, reflecting on the ritualistic practice of quilting as a method of navigating through a time of uncertainty. In an exploration of human ecology, Rosie turns to philosopher Byung Chul Han, as well as historical quilting case studies to contextually ground her work.

Find out more at the publication’s website: A.Y.F.P.