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Gravity and Grace

Arboreta

A falling teardrop of layered leaves

The sculpture captures nature in a moment of dynamic balance, an embodiment of growth, renewal and the invisible forces that connect earth, light, wind and life.

Its flowing form suggests a seed holding within it the promise of future forests, and the enduring cycle of regeneration.

MaterialSteel, cut by hand
FinishWeathered to the seasons
SettingGarden, hung or standing
Prices from£4,200 plus VAT
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Arboreta, a steel teardrop garden sculpture, beside a garden bench.
Arboreta, the steel teardrop form, among silver birch and spring bluebells.
Arboreta, a steel garden sculpture, on a lawn among trees and alliums.
Arboreta, the teardrop form, among the trees in a garden.
Arboreta, a steel teardrop garden sculpture, rising in a planted garden.
A leaf drawn from life, the inspiration behind Arboreta by Donna Harvey-Bailye.
Arboreta in a warm copper finish, one of many metals and patinas available for a commission.
Arboreta, the steel teardrop, lit from within at night and glowing in the dark garden.
Arboreta, a steel garden sculpture, among flowering alliums in a meadow border.
Arboreta, the steel teardrop, standing on a lawn among trees.
Arboreta, the teardrop form, on a planted mound in the garden.
Arboreta, the steel teardrop, suspended and hanging from a tree.
Arboreta, the hanging steel form, turning gently on the wind.
Arboreta, the suspended teardrop, against the evening garden.

Yours alone

Made with you, and yours alone.

Every piece begins as a conversation. You work directly with Donna to shape a sculpture for your own setting and your own eye, so the finished work belongs to its place as much as to the collection. No two are ever the same, and each is made in only the smallest of numbers.

The steel can be taken in many directions. From the soft, living patina of a natural weathered finish to warm coppers, rich colour and bright plating, the surface is chosen to sit with your planting, your stone and your light. There is no fixed palette and no limit to the finish, only what suits the place it will stand in.

Pierced right through, every form is made to hold light. Set a lamp low or hidden within and the sculpture turns lantern after dark, throwing the pattern of its leaves soft and large across a wall or a lawn. A quiet presence by day, by night it becomes the glowing centrepiece a garden gathers around.

Scale is yours to set. Working with Donna, a piece can be drawn for the grandest of settings, a hotel foyer, a corporate courtyard or a public garden, or kept to the intimacy of a smaller, more private space. Whatever its size, it is made one leaf at a time, and made only for you.

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Each commission is made to order. Describe the setting and the scale you have in mind, and Donna will design to suit.

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