Celia Burbush is interested in how participation in the creative process gives us insights that could not be obtained via other means. It enables a particular type of thinking or learning, one that can be generative and vital to our self-understanding and development.

She is aware of the power that participating in an artistic process holds: “When we create, we make our philosophies visible. They begin to exist and to exist in the mind of others.”

Through her practice, Celia foregrounds a certain aspect to creativity: that of katabasis, the journey down or within. She has in the past, explored the buried fragments of people's memories and dreams in participatory projects. More recently, she has responded to the sensory experience of descending into remote mines, the physical embodiment of this journey into the unknown and unformed.

Celia is currently embarking on an ambitious multi-generational project commissioned by the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth and funded by Arts Council England, using the creative process in collaboration with others, to re-imagine cultural space.


Celia Burbush is represented in the north of England by Fulton’s Lakes Jewellery Works, and The Makers Mill .