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This piece explores the quiet but profound power words have on our bodies and minds. The poetry woven into this form reflects how language can shape how we feel, how we see ourselves, and how we move through the world. Words can wound, but they can also heal, restore, and guide us back to hope.
This manikin stands as a reminder that what we carry within us matters and that through expression, we can begin to transform it.
I’m grateful to Stephen Oliver for welcoming this work into his studio and gallery in Dartford, creating space for these words to be seen, felt, and shared.
To Visit the Manikin and Interact with our' Poem in the Post' Installation please head on down to: Stephen Oliver Studio & Art Gallery, Orchards Shopping Centre, High St, DA1 1DN
***Please check opening times of gallery before planning your visit.

An art project '18 Lines' by Alex Vellis. Artists were invited to choose a line from Alex's poem and then respond using our chosen medium and the environment.
I choose to respond by writing a poem and creating several images of the human body connecting with the ground. The leaves represent letting go, as my body reaches towards the light, I am learning to regrow.
*** Link to Poem Coming Soon.
Please note all images of art work within this section have been taken from my own artistic projects.

I work with fragmentation and reassembly, cutting my poems apart to re-shape rhythm, meaning, and emotional flow. Through this process, each poem becomes fluid, open to new interpretations, where shifting structure reveals unexpected voices within the same piece.

I created a Book Art Installation for the Where the Light Begins Festival, where pages were no longer fixed, but free to move, fold, and become. It opens a doorway into creating with objects, finding beauty, meaning, and new stories in the things we often overlook.

Aesthetic collage is one of my favourite art forms when I am seeking a space to just create and relax. It allows me to slow down, follow instinct over perfection, and piece together colours, textures, and fragments in a way that feels both soothing and quietly expressive.

I create large murals that transform spaces. Drawing opens the mind and supports imagination.

Physical theatre tells stories through the body, using movement as a form of visual art.

I drew a Disney mural creating a space for storytelling and imaginative play in my children's room.

Painting is gentle, calms the mind, engages the brain, part creativity, part meditation.

Dance is art in motion, where the body becomes the canvas and movement becomes the language. It expresses what words often cannot, turning feeling, rhythm, and experience into something visible, shared, and deeply human.

Creating vision boards helps build confidence, bring clarity to your goals, and gently keep you motivated by making your hopes feel possible.