windy hollow | tea leaves
#2 windy hollow bronze tea leaf
#2 windy hollow bronze tea leaf
A unique casting in solid bronze of a collection of 38 tea leaves that were collected at Windy Hollow Farm in Perthshire, Scotland in the summer of 2019.
Hanna was invited by Monica to visit Windy Hollow in the summer of 2019 and stayed there on a week-long pilot art residency to work with the tea leaves growing there. She then took the leaves back with her to London to the Crucible Foundry where they were cast in bronze using the traditional lost-wax casting technique. Each organic leaf disappeared in the process, however, their unique details and character were captured in bronze for a thousand year or more.
This first series of 7 leaves are offered for sale, before another batch is released.
Back in 2019 Monica organised some visits to tea houses across the UK and Europe. Hanna accompanied her to Edinburgh and London. Monica also went to Madrid at the beginning of 2020 to show these leaves to some tea lovers alongside a tea tasting event there.
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Dimensions:
length: 12.5 cm ~ 5 inches
depth: 3 cm ~ 1 inches
width: 5 cm ~ 2 inches
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Please note, group photos are for illustration purposes only and unless otherwise stated, this listing is for one artwork only. Each piece will come with a small handwritten note of authenticity.
Please find a photo documentation of this project below, starting with photos from the beautiful location where the tea leaves were gathered from, selected at Windy Hollow Tea Farm.
The leaves were then taken back to the Crucible Foundry in London where Hanna prepared them for casting. You can see some work in progress images of the wax work here.
Lastly, you can see a glimpse of the bronze casting process here, the cleaning and metal finishing work.
