My re-woven blackbird’s nest, originally created for the Textile Study Group exhibition ‘UNmaking’, is now on show as part of the Wonder of Birds at the Bodleian in Oxford. The exhibition, at the Weston Library, is on until 3rd January 2027 and free to visit.
Inspired by The Book of Birds by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane, Wonder of Birds celebrates the splendour of the birds around us at the same time as recognising the steep decline in bird populations across our skies in recent decades.
Following the ‘Seven Wonders’ of birds – nest, egg, beak, song, feather, flight, migration – this exhibition pairs the words and art from The Book of Birds with Oxford ornithological research and Bodleian collections to explore the beauty and mystery of these extraordinary creatures.