Willa Downing – In the Crook of a Tree
Seven And A Half Acres
Seven And A Half Acres is a contemplation on Darts Hill Garden, an intersection of nature and culture.
Elizabeth Carefoot — Mushrooms
Mushrooms are magical and mysterious. They grow quietly in the damp and dark earth, and then suddenly pop up with strange colours and shapes. Alice in Wonderland ate one when she was in her own hole in the earth, bravely – because some are poisonous, and then she popped up herself!
(bisque-fired clay, non-toxic acrylic paint, silicone glue, sticks)
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- Elizabeth Carefoot - Mushrooms
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- Elizabeth Carefoot - Mushrooms
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- Elizabeth Carefoot - Mushrooms
Willa Downing — In The Crook Of A Tree
This work is inspired by the tiny flower-petal nests made in the ground by a rare species of mason bee, Osmia avosetta, each created to swaddle a single larva with food and warmth. So extravagantly beautiful. Imagine living in a cocoon-like nest surrounded by colour, tucked instead into the crook of a tree.
(flower petals, copper wire, floral foam; or fabric, yarn, twigs)
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
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- Willa Downing - In the Crook of a Tree
Willa Downing — Knees
Ceramic knees congregate in the midst of knees of the swamp cypress tree.
(stoneware, underglaze, underglaze pencil, glaze)
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- Willa Downing - Knees - (detail3)
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- Willa Downing - Knees
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- Knees - Scarlet Black photo
Lesley Garratt — That’s How It Goes
That’s How It Goes is an installation of canvas-wrapped trees in the Upper Orchard that documents historical human intervention on the landscape with silhouettes of artifacts, architecture, everyday objects and human actions taken from across the globe and across the ages, set against a real and imagined landscape.
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- Lesley Garratt - That's How It Goes
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- Lesley Garratt - That's How It Goes - (detail)
Cora Li-Leger — Apparitions
Apparitions arise from death and decay.
(rhododendron leaves and mixed media)
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
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- Cora Li-Leger - Apparitions
Cora Li-Leger — Remembrance
Silent sentinels, witnesses of seasons passed and harbingers of seasons to come.
(magnolia leaves and mixed media)
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- Cora Li-Leger - Remembrance
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- Cora Li-Leger - Remembrance
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- Cora Li-Leger - Remembrance
Don Li-Leger — Invasive Species
4-channel audio: With special thanks to Tina Pearson)
Claire Moore — Emily
“I clung to earth and her dear shapes, her density, her herbage, her juice. I wanted her volume and I wanted to hear her throb” – Emily Carr. 1945
(moss, vines and wire on holly hedge)
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- Claire Moore - Emily
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- Claire Moore - Emily
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- Claire Moore - Emily
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- Claire Moore - Emily
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- Claire Moore - Emily
Deb Putman — Gift of the Trees
Wind frees the air. Rainwater nourishes. / Tree leaves eat sun’s fire / on the apple orchard lane. / Words bear witness as filaments bind together. / Nature made / manmade / Beauty, shade, and oxygen we breathe. / The gift of trees, arrests our senses.
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- Deb Putman - Gift of the Trees
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- Deb Putman - Gift of the Trees - (detail2)
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- Deb Putman - Gift of the Trees - (detail1)
Willa Downing – In the Crook of a Tree
Z·inc gratefully acknowledges the support of the City of Surrey’s Cultural Grants Program and the Darts Hill Garden Conservancy Trust Society.