Lisa Wisdom

Everything about Lisa Wisdom embodies a way of life few practice today. Her forge, hidden down a bumpy road in the thick countryside of Mabe, is over two hundred years old and it is here that Lisa creates artwork the likes of which has never been done before.

- 

“I made my first metal picture in 2011. The metal I use for my work is corrugated tin, the wrinkly tin you see everywhere on the roofs of buildings. Nearly all of my material comes from the ruins of old quarry buildings.” 

Granite is found in abundance in this place, having previously been a quarry many decades ago. Boulders of it lie in neat piles along the cliff faces and rust ridden machinery is unearthed from the ground regularly like forgotten fossils, shrouded in wild flowers, hedgerows and apple trees. 

Growing up on the Lizard, Lisa has always been close to the craft community. With her father running a pottery and her mother a weaver, a life in a community thriving with art and craft enabled Lisa to experiment with anything and everything.