Sheelagh Frew Crane is a multidisciplinary artist born in Hull in 1963 who lives and works in Hertfordshire.

Her practice weaves together ecological soundscape, poetry, film, and natural light, exploring themes of impermanence, transience, nature, and mysticism through found materials and transformative experiences.

These spiritual elements are made present through carefully chosen symbolism, form, materials, and contextual placement. Her interdisciplinary approach crosses over into geology, meteorology, psychology, sociology, environmental science, soundscape ecology and cosmology. Crane visualizes her research and practice as strata layers with longue durée— that eventually surfaces in her work.

She is drawn to materials with ancient histories: metals, natural stones (particularly sedimentary, metamorphic, and polymorphic rocks), occasionally industrial plastics, and organic plant materials including wood, seeds, twigs, and leaves. In objects, unusual forms are recognised where original identity has become obscured with time Sheelagh views these pieces as meditation objects, still beings, portals, or hyper-objects that create bridges to unknown worlds.

This material calling allows her to explore elements of fragility alongside strength and resilience. Discoveries of abandoned objects becomes a form of material archaeology, treating them as relics—especially time-worn, unidentifiable pieces. These often-broken, eroded ready-mades await rediscovery after long periods of dormancy. By incorporating meteorological processes into her practice, Sheelagh reveals stages of erosion and slow entropy, making visible the patient work of matter.