Libby Bove T-Shirt pre-order

VASW are raising funds for our work through a series of limited edition t-shirts designed by amazing artists who live, work in, or have a strong connection to the region. 

T-Shirts are made from 100% carded cotton with a regular fit and mid weight of 200 GSM. T-Shirts are Amfori certified, supporting environmental and human rights due diligence in supply chains.

Libby Bove T-Shirt
Front printed T-Shirt in Coal
Cost £35 plus £5 p&p
Edition of 100

Pre order now for delivery in December. 

Medieval Cone Dancers with Mugwort & Dandelion
Cone Dancing is a vehicular ritual celebrated across the South West . 

Dating back to the early 14 Century the practice involves an erratic dance, performed in M.O.T. season, in a bid to draw bad luck away from the vehicle and into the Cone. 

Sources state that Dancers would often use herbs such as mugwort for engine protection and Dandelion to cleanse the fuel system.

About Libby
Libby Bove is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and folklorist. Her work is centred around ideas which reposition folk custom and magical practice back at the forefront of daily life. Drawing on archival methodologies and documentary,  her work slips between fact and fiction. By employing traditional craft processes, plausibility is woven into constructed myths; transposing ideas of ancient customs, traditions and rituals into incongruous contemporary settings, non-existent pasts, and speculative future landscapes.  

Working across a range of media including ceramics, textiles and found objects, she creates sculptural works, masks, and wearable costume pieces. These physical elements are brought together through performative photographic tableaux, where they become visual narratives that evoke both archival documentation and surreal fever dreams. Authenticity, and the potential for the work to be believable, is integral to her practice; physical works are often accompanied by ‘field’ recordings, ‘documentation’ of folk songs, and descriptive ‘historic’ texts, all aimed at crafting a palpable form of surround sound storytelling. 

A central theme within her practice is Roadside Magic, an imagined construct where plant knowledge, magic and ritual play essential roles in the repair and maintenance of vehicles. Inspired by Albions rich history of folk magic, alongside her own lived experience of life on the road, both professionally and domestically. Roadside Magic, seeks to re-establish the valuable role of everyday ritual.

Libby Bove. b.1991. Graduated from Bath Spa University in 2024, with a BA in Fine Art. Recent awards include, Henry Moore Foundation Artists Award (2025), New Contemporaries (2024), The Hari Art Prize (2024), The Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Prize (2024), Spike Island Studio Fellowship (2024) and The Porthleven Prize (2022). Notable Exhibitions & Commissions include: New Contemporaries, I.C.A. (2025); Reimagining the Archive Commission, The Box Plymouth, (2025) Lore & Land, Touring (2024/25).