Collective Forms

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 November 2024

Saturday 11:00–15:00, Sunday 11:00–17:00

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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Part of Inspiration, Sculpture and Our Natural World

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About this event

Visit this installation, made with local collaborators, on display during the closing weekend of the season

Inspired by this year’s theme of Inspiration Sculpture and Our Natural World, three community groups have made a series of naturally dyed textile hangings in collaboration with artist Alice Burnhope. While reflecting on Moore’s own themes, processes and surrounding environment, the groups have bundle dyed and pigment painted using botanicals, and collectively drawn up and decided on sculptural forms that have helped their final outcomes take shape.

This installation is a celebration of the outcomes created by our local communities, including participants from Age Concern (Ware), Herts Visual Arts (Stevenage/Welwyn) and Passport To Leisure (St Albans).

With thanks to all the creative contributors and, of course, to textile and socially engaged artist lead, Alice Burnhope.

While the installation is on view on Saturday 2 November, you will be able to try out working with textiles in Textile Transformations – a family-friendly workshop led by Alice. It’s a drop-in session, so there’s no need to book and it will be suitable for all ages.

“The observation of nature is part of an artist’s life, it enlarges his form-knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.

“The human figure is what interests me most deeply, but I have found principles of form and rhythm from the study of natural objects such as pebbles, rocks, bones, trees, plants etc.

“There is, in nature, a limitless variety of shapes and rhythms (and the telescope and microscope have enlarged the field) from which the sculptor can enlarge his form-knowledge experience.”

Henry Moore, 1934

Did you know..?

Henry Moore was inspired by nature, and was well known for his large-scale sculptures. He also created textile designs and tapestries, which you can see on display at Studios & Gardens, hanging in the Aisled Barn!

About the artist

Alice Burnhope

Alice Burnhope is an award-winning textile artist and workshop facilitator, based at Cockpit Studios, London.

She specialises in interactive and socially-engaged artwork. She utilises discarded fabrics to address the current imbalance between material use, waste and the effect on the natural environment.

Alice creates immersive textile installations which have been exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the UK and internationally, in institutions such as Arthouse Jersey, Hayward Gallery and Alexandra Palace. She facilitates a host of creative workshops for prestigious clients such as Buckingham Palace, The Royal Horticultural Society and Now Gallery.

aliceburnhope.com

Tickets

The installation is included in an annual ticket. It’s a drop-in event, so there’s no need to book.

If you already have an annual ticket, just come along on the day and bring your annual ticket with you.
If you do not have an annual ticket, you can buy one online or from the ticket desk when you arrive and return to the Studios & Gardens as often as you like, during our open season, for 12 calendar months.

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