Teeth

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11th October 2025 - 28th June 2026

Exhibition: Teeth by Lucy Stevens at Creswell Crags

A vibrant exhibition of colourful mixed media paintings inspired by the mammal teeth collection at Creswell Crags



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11th October 2025 - 28th June 2026 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibition: Teeth by Lucy Stevens

Saturday 11 October 2025 to Sunday 28 June 2026
From 1.30pm on Saturday 11 October and then during normal opening hours.

A vibrant new exhibition of colourful mixed media paintings inspired by the mammal teeth collection at Creswell Crags.

Artist Lucy Stevens' new work is an interpretation of the mammal teeth collection housed at Creswell Crags, including teeth found on-site at Pin Hole and Robin Hood Cave. Lucy has selected some well-known mammals from the collection of nearly 38,000 objects including reindeer, wolf, horse, bear, hyaena, vole along with extinct mammals like the woolly rhino and woolly mammoth.

This collection of new paintings uses mixed media to explore colour coding techniques to identify and interpret mammal teeth by looking at the number of different teeth each species has, including, canine, incisor, molar and premolar teeth.

In some of the paintings, the shape of teeth are used to showcase groups of mammals feeding, hunting or migrating, or stacked to form totems or boundaries between symbolic imagery of eyes and moons, representing the idea of protection, magic, change and the cycle of life.

Visitors are encouraged to explore the paintings and develop their own interpretations of each piece. The exhibition also includes photographs and a video documentary showcasing the journey of the project, including Lucy in her art studio and exploring the collections in the storeroom with curator Angharad Jones at Creswell Crags.

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