Isi Williams is a visual artist who predominantly works with sculpture and photography, exploring themes of anthropology, archaeology and history. Within that, she's particularly interested in animal husbandry; often creating work that connects to the landscape's relationship to agriculture through weaving.
Williams creates sculptures that respond to the history and atmosphere of the landscape that she finds herself in. She attempts to make work that appears like a shadow of what once was, reflecting deep histories. Because of this, Williams likes to work with historical processes that have been used for thousands of years such as ceramics, weaving and carpentry. The work is often temporary and site-specific which means photography also plays a large role in her work as this is often how her pieces are disseminated and presented to an audience.
More recently, she has been creating sculptures that embody both her relationship with ‘place’, and the language of materials in historical fishing towns. These pieces, ‘Collioure’ and 'Open Window in the Bay' are designed to be shown in a gallery setting, providing the viewer with references to the specific environments that they’re inspired by.
Ecology and the environment are primary considerations for Williams. Her sculptures are temporarily installed and deconstructed in a way that leaves little effect on the surroundings and she utilises local, sustainable or waste materials in most of her sculptures.
