Beth Williams - Artist, Mother, Witch
I am a defiant artist, mother & witch. I combine my artistic practice with my spiritual practice by channeling energy from the universe to make work as part of ritual celebrations on significant dates following the Lunar cycle and Pagan Wheel of the Year. My dual practice connects me and the work back to nature and honors the Great Cosmic Mother.
I occupy a very tiny amount of space, in the grand scheme of things. The paths my journeys take me on are familiar, well-trodden, seldom deviated from, and they weave across the local landscape like threads, overlapping and repeating. Along the way I look for hidden things and the unnoticed, for moments of awe and chances to connect to the elements.. I am interested in the vibrations contained within sacred spaces and the energies held by water.
I work in ceramics, textiles and camera-less photography and I really enjoy the alchemical cyanotype process. I research and experiment with traditional techniques such as natural dyeing and plant derived inks. I use materials such as wild clay and botanicals from sites around Folkestone that are sacred to me. I want to relearn old knowledge in preparation for the collapse of civilisation, when humans will still want to make art and wear colourful clothes.
I try to use low tech methodologies to reduce my impact on the environment as I am very concerned about the climate crisis. Sustainability is a key aspect of my practice, and I scavenge, forage and repurpose materials wherever I can.
I make things that I think are beautiful and / or useful, to me personally and hopefully to the wider audience.
Beth believes that art should be accessible to everyone (not just people who know what liminal means) and feels that artists have a duty to speak for those who can’t.
So Mote It Be…
Education
2024 - 2026 Fine Art MA, UCA Canterbury
2021 - 2024 Fine Art BA, UCA Canterbury
2019 - 2021 Art & Design Extended Diploma, Folkestone College
2003 - 2005 Elements of Design & Textile Decoration, Ashford Adult Ed
Sometime back in the 90's Interior Design, Ashford Adult Ed
Even further back in the 90's Expressive Arts GCSE, The North School, Ashford
Exhibitions
September 2025 Everywhere In Folkestone Is Uphill, St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone
August 2025 Protest Banners, STITCH, Alison Blackburn Studio, Folkestone
April 2025 Egg-Xibition, Fourthwall, Folkestone
June - July 2024 The Maye Queene and Witches Altar & Apothecary Pots, UCA, Canterbury
March - October 2023 Goddess Army, The Lodge, Canterbury Cathedral
March 2023 Drip & Splat, Collectively Tapped, The Brewery Tap, Folkestone
March 2023 Collage Collective, Fourthwall, Folkestone
August - September 2022 Goddess Arm, Pocket Gallery, Folkestone
March 2022 ?Collective, for IWD, UCA, Canterbury
July - November 2021 Welcome Flags, The Old Gasworks, Folkestone
June 2021 Leftie Snowflake, You Call That Art?, 8Squared Gallery, Folkestone
June 2021 Battle Jackets, Glitch, The Brewery Tap, Folkestone
July 2014 galerie asterisk*
September 2005 Prime, The Wedge, Folkestone
January 2002 galerie asterisk*