Leaves were caught in the moment of fall - on their way returning to the earth.

‘In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may evolve melody, rythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration, or any combination of these.’

Similarly, the cherry leaves captured in this collection present an infinite variation within a certain leaf pattern in diverse shape and size. In the dialogue between the leaves, the curves often reminded us of music with their dynamic form that creates rythm and repetition of forms in variations. The curves preserved in these bronze leaf sculptures can exist in a number of combinations put together as pairs.

The audience is invited to interact with this installation by handling the leaves and placing them back on the table where they see them fit best. This is an installation that continuously evolves throughout the exhibition.

With an emphasis on preserving the ephemeral, we explore and record life through leaves. We give prominence to the details of fragments and their relationship to the whole. We consider each leaf in itself complete, bearing witness to a specific time, location and the natural forces it was shaped by.

We capture the fragility of leaves in bronze to the finest detail. Each leaf is utterly unique and so are our bronze castings of them, preserving three essential qualities of leaves: their texture, contour and shape. The original leaf disappears in the process and is preserved in bronze. Our leaf sculptures allow a different appreciation of leaves, a new dimension of tactility appears that complements the already existing qualities.

When leaves emerge in bronze after casting, like a phoenix reborn from its ashes, what was fragile in leaf becomes robust in bronze. The form lives on in a different substance - a transformation from transience to permanence.