light sculptures | strong beauty | dancing kites
new work
At the end of a week that has felt like three, I made a spot on the sofa and manipulated wire into various shapes. I’ve been playing with making what I am calling ‘light sculptures’ for a little while now and finally getting into the realm of something magical. The objects I’m making will eventually be hanging forms that spin and sparkle, reflect and make shadows that dance on the wall (all the good words), although I’ve also built a standing sculpture that is quite pleasing too - more of a slow, burning glow. Coming soon.
I introduced some new silk scarves to my shop:
And I made some fun sculptures from offcuts, for no reason other than to play:
the designers - Why Women Grow podcast new season
I don’t have the words to do this any justice, so I’m going to share Alice’s post and of course encourage you to listen and subscribe to the podcast. For this season we visited Sarah Price in her garden in Abergavenny, Ula Maria in her shaded corner of London and Jo Thompson and Kali Homerton-Stove on main avenue at the Chelsea flower show. A total pleasure and privilege to work on from start to finish.
Laura Ellen Bacon - Into Being at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
I photographed Laura and her show in the chapel of YSP earlier this spring. The show is on until September and I highly recommend a visit.
Play Break - an editorial for Playground magazine
In the throes of lockdown I made a not-so-serious series of friends out of kitchen utensils and whatever else I could find around the house. I nudged those characters from their slumber and made a few extra for issue 3 of Playground magazine.
Nigel Dunnett at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
I had a whirlwind few days submerged in the dunes capturing the textural feast that is Nigel Dunnett’s Hospitalfield Arts garden at Chelsea this year. Read more about the garden in Wallpaper magazine, in an article by Matt Collins.
A Place to Be for Toast
Toast commissioned me to help tell the story of what it takes to build a show garden at Chelsea, with words by Alice Vincent.
Lightness of Being - Frida Kim & Wagner Kreusch
Watching Frida and Wagner work is mesmerizing; to try and capture what they do might be an impossible task but I am always very happy to give it a go. Back in March I photographed the two installations they presented for Toast at Somerset House.
Sorry-not-sorry for sharing such a bumper package of beauty; it is the season of abundance clearly and my cameras have seen gardens and growing like never before with many/much more to come.
I am in awe of your light sculptures!
So beautiful!