Maryanne Royle

Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Plastic Grass
Plastic Grass
Wrap the rough edges,
And the texture of time,
In grass
The rolling hills of England,
It is a green and pleasant land

Plastic Grass is an exhibition in progress that I will be showing later in the year. It contains an imagined past; an absurd and fanciful dream inspired by speculative fiction and a brass quintet. I have been thinking about how a person could become captivated by the idea and eventually invite it into their home.
Models: The Fox-hunter, The Suitor, The Lady, The Feaster, The Master with a Ball, Palanquin, Chicken
160 x 210cm
Painted wire and modroc models, Artificial Grass
2021
Big Cells, Small Cells
Big Cells, Small Cells
These analogue photographic prints have been created by using a smartphone screen in a darkroom. I have repeatedly passed the image through digital and analogue states enlarging the pixels and creating abstraction, demonstrating both the practical nature of the technology and the way it can be used to transfer information multiple times.

In this print there are obvious large cells but on closer inspection, there are many smaller cells within them.

Digital copies of this print and others is available on my Etsy.
Fabric In, Fabric Of
Fabric In, Fabric Of
These analogue photographic prints have been created by using a smartphone screen in a darkroom. I have repeatedly passed the image through digital and analogue states enlarging the pixels and creating abstraction, demonstrating both the practical nature of the technology and the way it can be used to transfer information multiple times.

When seen up close, pixel images appear fragmented or disjointed, abstract and meaningless. But when far away the eye creates something that makes sense as a whole, a trick of the mind experienced every day. The fabric in the image is apparent when far away from the work and the fabric of the image is apparent when close.

50 x 70cm,
Analogue prints on pearl paper,
2020
Fabric In, Fabric Of
Fabric In, Fabric Of
These analogue photographic prints have been created by using a smartphone screen in a darkroom. I have repeatedly passed the image through digital and analogue states enlarging the pixels and creating abstraction, demonstrating both the practical nature of the technology and the way it can be used to transfer information multiple times.

When seen up close, pixel images appear fragmented or disjointed, abstract and meaningless. But when far away the eye creates something that makes sense as a whole, a trick of the mind experienced every day. The fabric in the image is apparent when far away from the work and the fabric of the image is apparent when close.

50 x 70cm,
Analogue prints on pearl paper,
2020
From the Ground to the Sky
From the Ground to the Sky
These analogue photographic prints have been created by using a smartphone screen in a darkroom. I have repeatedly passed the image through digital and analogue states enlarging the pixels and creating abstraction, demonstrating both the practical nature of the technology and the way it can be used to transfer information multiple times.


This print has been processed three times. The blurred effect has come from a happy accident when I forgot to refocus the enlarger lens.

Digital copies of this print and others is available on my Etsy.
The name comes from the original digital image being of my post-mix concrete patio and the final image resembling trees overhead
Trick of the Eye
Trick of the Eye
These analogue photographic prints have been created by using a smartphone screen in a darkroom. I have repeatedly passed the image through digital and analogue states enlarging the pixels and creating abstraction, demonstrating both the practical nature of the technology and the way it can be used to transfer information multiple times.

When seen up close, pixel images appear fragmented or disjointed, abstract and meaningless. But when far away the eye creates something that makes sense as a whole, a trick of the mind experienced every day. The fabric in the image is apparent when far away from the work and the fabric of the image is apparent when close.

Digital copies of this print and others is available on my Etsy.
Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

Prangers
Prangers
Duo from Rochdale who use found sound and instruments with spoken word and electronic manipulation.

This image is from a gig we did at Soup Kitchen in Manchester in 2019.

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Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.
Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.
Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.

Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.
Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.

Next Day Delivery
Next Day Delivery
Intermedia Solo Show, Gallery FRANK, March 2018

Canal - Track - Road

Using local industrial history as a measurement of time, Next Day Delivery explores themes of consumerism, logistics and memory. The building material of different stages in industrial development is viewed alongside the logistic pathways contemporary to it.
The speed of travel and the time it takes to make the materials increase with time.

Audience members were invited to interact with the work by rebuilding an old mill out of postage boxes.
Untitled
Untitled
Analogue Photographic Print on Pearl Paper
2018

This print was made by enlarging 35mm film with peat thrown across it at varying stages of exposure.

Darkroom Collage
Darkroom Collage
Analogue Photographic Print on Pearl Paper
2019

This print was made using a contact printing method and movement across the paper to make the grass appear to be smeared or moving.
Drought
Drought
Medium Format Film Photographic Print on Pearl Paper
2018

This is a photograph taken at Blackstone Edge Reservoir while the water levels were extremely low during the long, dry summer of 2018

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Untitled
Medium Format Film Photographic Print on Pearl Paper
2018

This photograph was taken through a metal security fence in the Ebor Studio Garden. I like this method of shooting because it dictates and puts limits on the composition.

Tree Fence 2
Tree Fence 2
Medium Format Film Photographic Print on Pearl Paper
2018

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Untitled
Sound Installation
1 x 1.2 x 1m
Found materials, contact mics, pedals, mini amps

This was an installation built during an impromptu mini residency in collaboration with sound artist Joe Tatton. For the performance I got in to the structure and interacted with the materials which sent sound signals through pedals which were then amplified.

Canary
Canary
Intermedia Installation / Performance

Structure built of found materials to create a maze for audience members to explore. Performers respond to sound scape and live bongos while manipulating light sources.

See footage on my video reel.
Canary
Canary
Intermedia Installation / Performance

Structure built of found materials to create a maze for audience members to explore. Performers respond to sound scape and live bongos while manipulating light sources.

See footage on my video reel.
Canary
Canary
Intermedia Installation / Performance

Structure built of found materials to create a maze for audience members to explore. Performers respond to sound scape and live bongos while manipulating light sources.

See footage on my video reel.
Pull
Pull
Installation / Participatory Performance

In this piece, audience members are invited to take part in a game of tug of war without knowing who is on the other side.
Emerging Stillness
Emerging Stillness
Cardboard and peat model
6 x 20 x 15 cm

This is a model that I would one day like to recreate life-size. It is inspired by the natural forms of rock found on Lancashire Moorland and how they seem to emerge from long grass which ebbs and flows beneath them.

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