Cherry Variations - Leaf XV

£150.00 £350.00

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.

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.

This short film about the Cherry Variations bronze leaf collection was made by Gregory Davies in 2018.

These pieces have travelled to various exhibitions and galleries over the past 7 years. They were first exhibited at our Open Studio at the Crucible Foundry in 2017, followed by a phenomenal group show as a guest artist exhibiting with The Arborealists at the Black Swan Arts in Frome, Somerset in 2018 and then in 2019 at ‘Plantea’ they were displayed alongside 400 other exquisite botanical artworks by the Society of Botanical Artists at the Mall Galleries, near Trafalgar Square, London. They were last exhibited by Author Interiors in Scotland who has been stocking the remaining 50 or so pieces from the original 89 unique pieces in this collection.

Each of these bronze leaves is an entirely unique life casting of nature made by Ashleaf, the small London-based art practice Hanna co-founded and was actively and collaboratively working in at the time these sculptures were created.

One side of the leaves preserve the delicate details of the leaf texture while the other side reveals brush marks that bear witness to the how they were captured as a sculpture in this material. Each finished with a makers mark stamped in the wax on the reverse. please note, each leaf is sold as seen. Some have imperfections as a result of the casting process. some have little leaf stems, while others don't. Please check photos of each individual leaf.

This listing is for one single cherry bronze leaf sculpture only. Group photos are only for illustration purposes.