Maylya (Mye-lee-a, vb. to bind, envelop, wrap) is a performance to camera where the artist heaves, pulls and draws a sculpture into being. Binding together a collection of materials to create one mass, where the tension between elements is visible, as they work together to hold their form.

“As I wrap, I meet the same points again and again but each time the surface changes and time passes. Through this action I think about how understanding and perspective shifts and evolves with changing context.” - Sovay Berriman

This work continues to explore themes of ancestry, labour and land - the responsibility that we have to each, and the connectedness of things, which flow through all the Catching Copper and MESKLA work.

The film of 13.11mins was made at The Dry, which is part of the National Trust East Pool Mine, located within the Unesco - Cornwall and West Devon World Heritage Site.