{"id":24443,"date":"2014-11-24T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=24443"},"modified":"2014-11-24T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T13:15:36","slug":"cardiff-character-heloise-godfrey-talbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/24\/cardiff-character-heloise-godfrey-talbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Character: Heloise Godfrey-Talbot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heloise Godfrey-Talbot is in love. The subjects of her affection? The process of making art and a musician named Rowan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry about the light in here\u201d says Heloise Godfrey-Talbot as she prepares herself a drink in what is possibly the world\u2019s biggest mug, \u201cthe bulb went the other day and we\u2019ve not had chance to replace it.\u201d It would be possible to take a dim view of the situation, but the low lighting serves to create beautiful, ambient shadows across a kitchen-cum-lounge which has\u00a0\u2018I am an artist\u2019<\/i>\u00a0stitched into its sumptuous, yet simultaneously spartan fabric.<\/p>\n

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Born in Winchester but raised in Cardiff from an early age, Godfrey-Talbot, 35, is a visual artist whose pieces focus on communication and conversation. Works include\u00a0Joy Orchestra<\/i>\u00a0– a look at the more sensory ways we can communicate with the world – and\u00a0Getting to Know You<\/i>\u00a0– an exploration of the private and personal life of objects and the ways in which we interact with them.<\/p>\n

Peculiar Perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an oeuvre full of peculiar perspectives.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s about exploring the overlooked\u201d she explains, \u201cI like to take a sideways glance at things; to look at the activity that happens alongside something that maybe doesn\u2019t get noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Godfrey-Talbot takes many of her influences from the moments when people think others aren’t looking. \u201cI\u2019m quite nosey and I like people, so I\u2019m always listening and researching. It\u2019s like looking in the back of the sofa\u201d, she muses, \u201cYou might find something really great or you might get some weird stuff under your fingers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graduating from Leeds University with a degree in English Language and Literature, it was whilst travelling in Australia that the artist in Godfrey-Talbot stirred from its slumber. She fell in love with the process of creating art on a foundation course, before time in India, creating memorials to the victims of the tsunami (in 2004), laid the cornerstone for her artistic direction.<\/p>\n

Artistic Adoration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art has gone on to play a central role in Godfrey-Talbot\u2019s life, but that\u2019s not to say that her musician husband, Rowan, plays second fiddle – in actuality he plays the tremendous double bass that stands sentinel over the atmospherically lit room.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m married to a very lovely man\u201d, Godfrey-Talbot beams. \u201cWe got married last year in a field in Sussex\u201d, she declares, \u201cWe had a music festival. I did all the art and decoration and Rowan played in the wedding band.\u201d Leaning her head on her hand, she smiles and states that her marriage is her greatest achievement.<\/p>\n