	{"id":87900,"date":"2022-10-08T04:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=87900"},"modified":"2022-10-04T18:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T08:32:57","slug":"lines-and-wrinkles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/lines-and-wrinkles\/","title":{"rendered":"Got wrinkles? Got stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT tales could the lines on your face tell?<\/p>\n<p>The visual art of paper portrait sculptor Ro Bancroft and the complementary poetry of her partner, wordsmith Robin Taylor, is currently on show at the Art Gallery of Ballarat\u2019s Backspace, aiming to celebrate older women and the ageing process.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition <em>Lines and Wrinkles <\/em>was inspired by a book, <em>When I\u2019m an Older Woman<\/em>, but initially wasn\u2019t a collaborative project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe suddenly realised I was writing about age, and Ro\u2019s paper sculptures were about age, so we decided to work together. I used her portraits to spark my poems,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I turned 80, I didn\u2019t want to be there, but I\u2019ve changed those feelings into something positive through writing. Let\u2019s bring a more positive attitude to ageing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bancroft made the choice to depict anonymous women, because she said often older ladies are overlooked by society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87907\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87907\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/10\/IMG_2024-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bancroft\u2019s paper sculptures can take five-to-seven weeks to complete with many layers, contours, and fine details to perfect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese women do some amazing things out there, but they\u2019re just not recognised for what they do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many women have a passion for something, and that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Lines and Wrinkles<\/em> is all about women not just being seen but being appreciated and celebrated for their uniqueness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve got wrinkles, believe me, you\u2019ve got stories. You\u2019ve seen changes through your life,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAge isn\u2019t all positive, but it\u2019s not all negative either, so I try to bring that lightness to the poems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld age is just living through changes&#8230; of the body this time,\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n<p>With fine details, contours and many layers, Bancroft\u2019s sculptures can take five to seven weeks to complete, while Taylor\u2019s poems can flow quickly and easily, or over a longer period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe might be a bit old, but we\u2019re really just emerging artists,\u201d Bancroft said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lines and Wrinkles<\/em> is part of the City of Ballarat Seniors Festival and is on display until mid-November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT tales could the lines on your face tell? 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