York Castle Museum

Special Exhibitions

Bird in the Hand

21 November 2009 - 28 March 2010

Ceramicist Eve Bennett took inspiration from funny and touching family stories - including an incident where a number of exotic birds died in her uncle's home - to create this exhibition.

Eve explained that the work is a personal story through her own life. It both commemorates and celebrates the lives of people she has loved, both living and dead.

As well as her own creations the emerging artist worked with our team to help selet a range of objects from our collections to help illustrate the relationship we have with birds.