BALANCE

Balance

Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Residency: 2021

 In Spring 2021 I joined two other artists to hold the first artist’s residences for RHS Wisley. Over a period of 7 months, I worked with the staff and community, recognising that they were the key to the success of RHS science, gardening, and messaging.

I designed a programme of workshops to celebrate the knowledge and enthusiasm of the people at the gardens. Forty staff and volunteers all contributed to themed conversations. We focussed on the notion of the gardens as a living heritage collection and the fine balance of elements needed for sustainable gardening. How could we creatively convey those messages through working with the arts?

The resulting artwork was a thousand-piece hand-made porcelain light installation, suspended six metres under a great Oak at their Hilltop site, over winter 21/22.