Insights into the Winterbourne Stoke Down Formation. Drawings, paintings, and insights by Karen Alexander.

This circle has been on my drawing table for some time now in a series of sketches and versions. It wasn’t easy to reach a version with which I was truly happy. One of the main sticking points was the division of the circle into ten, it was clear after my first attempt that this was not straightforward at all, although the circle was divided into ten, it was not ten equal segments and my original attempt showed me that the ‘V’ sections were too wide. I then looked at division by ten with the petal segments wider than the ‘V’ sections, this worked better, but it still wasn’t quite right either. In the end I worked very carefully from the photo in regard to the placement of the ten lines which divided the circle and came up with a good approximation. However, I was unable to find a satisfactory, straightforward geometrical protocol which matched what was in the field; the ten dividing lines were not truly symmetrical.

Summer Lectures Crop Circle Conference 2018

Exploring the Crop Circle Phenomenon

​​​​​​​Come and meet us at the conference. 

3rd, 4th & 5th August 2018 – The Ballroom, The Bear Hotel, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK

Bookings Now Open

It has been over ten years since we first began the Summer Crop Circle Lectures and during that time the crop circle phenomenon, while remaining constant, has changed enormously. The way we think about the subject and interact with the circles has moved on and so has the way we do our conference, with emphasis on community and the sharing of ideas and experiences.

Our Ethos: You’ll find our conference is a little less about entertainment and more about community and collegiality. It’s an event where the crop circles are not only enjoyed and celebrated, but where people can come and join in the conversation, share their experiences and participate in a more inclusive and collaborative way. As important as the circles themselves are the people who are drawn to them, often full of experiences and stories, insight and wisdom. It is they (in addition to our speakers) that make up the ‘body conference’. As always, our speakers will be drawn from those who have actually spent time in the fields and those who are actively engaged in the endeavour to better understand the phenomenon. Our speakers will not just be published authors, or professional speakers, but people who genuinely have something interesting and progressive to say about the phenomenon – some will be updating us about where their research has taken them in the last year, or over several years.