Fernshoot
Fernshoot

Marble on painted wood base; height 18.5cm excl base.

A fernshoot has the fronds of the future plant wound tightly into a spiral. I manipulated this theme into a shape which hints at the curves of the unfurled fronds then seems to take on an identity of its own.

Fernshoot

Marble on painted wood base; height 18.5cm excl base.

A fernshoot has the fronds of the future plant wound tightly into a spiral. I manipulated this theme into a shape which hints at the curves of the unfurled fronds then seems to take on an identity of its own.