About

Jacqueline Rolls is a multidisciplinary artist and sculptor whose practice explores the connections between people, materials and the natural world. Working across sculpture, installation and mixed media, she transforms natural, found and reclaimed materials into artworks that reveal their inherent qualities, histories and potential.

“I am an intuitive mixed-media artist translating the ambient sounds, textures, and contours of the physical world into responsive drawings and abstract, multi-material natural sculptures. Rather than directly copying my subjects, I engage in an open-ended process of discovery—allowing my time spent in a landscape or with a single object to uncover

Collecting materials Photographer Nick Carter

My work is sparked by immersive experiences—whether walking through a landscape, absorbing the ambient sounds of an environment, sitting quietly in a single location, or spending focused time with a single object.

Rather than directly copying what I observe, I translate my personal response to these experiences into separate, independent works of drawing and abstract, multi-media sculpture.”

Woodland scene on one side on the left there is tree with cut branches about three at different heights forming a 3d forked branches natural bendy vines an withies have been woven to create a form in and over the limbs, underneath the tree is ivy and green plants, undergrowth. On the right or the picture is the artist a blonde haired woman with shoulder lenght hair , purple jacket and red top is standing next to the form on the righ hand side facing it , she is facing the tree and is smiling

Artist Jacqueline Rolls, creating an artwork within a tree frame , Photographer Nick Carter

Rooted in traditional willow weaving and informed by experimental approaches to making, Jacqueline’s practice sits between contemporary art and craft. She is interested in the processes of transformation, renewal and reimagining — giving overlooked materials a new presence and creating sculptural forms that invite curiosity, reflection and connection.

Jacqueline has developed her practice through several supported opportunities, including a bursary from ‘a space’ Art, which enabled a self-directed residency at Furzey Gardens in the New Forest, and Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice funding, supporting a ten-month artist residency at Tudor House, Museum and Gardens in Southampton, where several of her works remain on display.

Jacqueline is a member of The Keepers Artist Collective, the Heritage Crafts Association, the Basketmakers Association and the Wessex Guild of Craftsmen.