Daisy Richardson, 50, is presenting ‘We were all made in Burning Stars’ at Beacon Arts Centre.
Daisy’s work explores ideas of time and space, the formation of the earth, and human history and our place within it.
The exhibition title references the scientific idea that the elements which make up our world – and ourselves – were formed in ancient supernovae.
Daisy Richardson and her structure The Yellow Bunker. (Image: Alex Craig)
Daisy, 50, said she tries to look at the formation of the earth by using things that we see in everyday life.
She said: “I have been thinking about these concepts for a really long time.
“I’m really interested in meteorites, and trying to connect the idea of the massive cosmos to us; ancient civilisations and their view of what was happening out there.
“I’m always trying to grapple with who we are and where we came from.”
Daisy, who is the daughter of artists Danny Osborne and Jenny Richardson, said it’s fitting that most of her exhibition is on show at the Beacon.
She said: “The centre looks across to Dumbarton rock which is the remnant of a volcano, and is a big part of the formation of the land as we see it today.
“There are landscape elements within my work but it’s not a standard representation of landscape.
“The Beacon is such a lovely space.”
One of Daisy’s creations, The Yellow Bunker, is on show at The Wyllieum.
The structure is inspired by a book called ‘The Public and The Bomb’, written in 1981 by her grandfather Major General Frank Richardson, and by the Edwin Morgan poem ‘Theory of the Earth’.
Daisy said: “It’s the model of the interior structure of what would be underground.
“I made it from fabric and wood, and the markings from the creation of it are still there.
“I want it to look like it’s something that’s human and handmade, to show the fragility of the people sheltering in the bunkers.”
Daisy grew up in Comrie in the southern Highlands and gained a Bachelor of Arts at Glasgow School of Art.
After she graduated, she took a space in Glasgow Independent Studio in Trongate before moving to London where she gained her Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art.
She said growing up in Comrie which is on the Highland Boundary Fault and experiences small-scale earthquakes, made her think about our connection to the earth.
Daisy added: “I could hear the odd bang and I was always aware of things moving around.”
The Glasgow-based artist will be giving a talk about the exhibition on February 4.
She said she hopes her art can be enjoyed on a lot of different levels.
Daisy added: “People are usually quite intrigued by my work.
“Some of it can be a bit difficult to read but I always have titles that can help people to find a way in.
“People can approach the pieces from a purely aesthetic point of view but there are layers and layers.
“You don’t need to know everything about them to enjoy them.”
‘We were all made in Burning Stars’ will run until Saturday, February 14.