The Spirit Cloak artwork was accepted into the 2025 Beverley Art Open Exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, following a successful showing at the UNFOLDED exhibition. I chose to develop the story around the cloak by introducing a new ‘guardian’ of the cloak, Mash the Badger.
“Long ago, the enchanted cloak was guarded by Fallow the Fox. Fallow oversaw a three month long community ritual that charged the magical cloak with warm intent and hopeful fire… yet the incredible power of the imbued cloak became far too intense for Fallow to carry alone. Thus the earth called forth a steadier spirit to take the mantle. From the deep burrows and shadowed roots of Beverley Westwood rose Mash the Badger; strong, focused, and kind.
She took the cloak into her keeping, weaving it with the patience of soil and the strength of stone. Where Fallow was swift and inspiring, Mash is enduring and watchful, calling those with visions of a kinder future to follow her along compassionate paths. With her striped face like twilight painted across dawn, Mash knows how to slip between shadows and surface, centering changemakers who have lost their way and protecting the seeds of courage too fragile for daylight…”
27 September – 18 December 2025
