Botanical
2005 to 2013
Sculptures which distil and exaggerate botanical structures while exploring resonances with the female body and metaphors for the stages of a woman’s lifetime. Observation of seeds, fruits and pods layered with visual and intellectual sources ranging from Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights to Karl Blossfeldt’s early 20th Century botanical photography and the illustrations of 18th Century botanist Robert John Thornton in New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus: Temple of Flora (engravings of plants set in theatrical landscapes accompanied by poetry, flower lore and legend).
(Most went to private collections).
Thornflower (H22cm W29cm D29cm Cast glass . Photo credit G. Portlock).
Ripe Fruit (H12cm W28cm D12cm. Cast glass, bronze. Private collection).
Dead Heading (H15.5cm W25cm D15cm. Cast glass)
Sprout (H15cm W18cm D10cm. Cast glass, bronze)
Offering (H17cm W25cm D25cm. Cast glass. Photo credit G. Portlock).
Genesis I (H20cm W20cm D20cm. Cast glass. Private collection. Photo credit G. Portlock).
Poisonflower (H28cm W23cm D23cm. Cast glass. Private colllection. Photo credit G. Portlock).
Flowerhead (H36cm W16cm D16cm. Cast glass. Private collection).
Seed (H30cm W15cm D15cm. Cast glass. Private collection. Photo credit G. Portlock).
Opening (H30cm W15cm D15cm. Cast glass. Private collection Photo credit G. Portlock).
Lupin Head (H21cmW13cm D9cm Cast glass).
Seeking (H20cm W25cm D25cm. Cast glass, bronze. Private collection
Bridal bower (H21cm W20cm D20cm. Cast glass. Photo credit G. Portlock).
Genesis (H22cm W22cm D22cm. Bronze, cast glass).