Quercus
Medium: Steel, fiberglass, glass
Dimensions: 6000mm tall x 1500mm, a pair
Quercus spirals skyward and celebrates the proportion of the oak leaf, and was created following a residency at The Hillier Gardens, which has a world-famous collection of oaks. Oak trees have lobed leaves and acorns with cups. Many trees have lobed leaves, but the oak is distinctive; it has a unique proportion, which Quercus celebrates. The bodies of the pair are in sections, which have the proportions 1,1,3,5 from the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, and the angle that they turn through is the Golden section angle, found by dividing the circumference of a circle by the golden section proportion and seen repeatedly in the natural world. The physical presence of the sculptures is essentially tree like, in minimal or skeletal form. The glass skin is handmade, and has minerals fired into the surface in tones of bronze and copper. 2008
