Sculptor Ruth Moilliet will be showing her work among the bright flower borders of the Courts Garden throughout September and into October.
The exhibition ‘Coexistence’ will be on display in the National Trust garden near Holt.
Ruth Moilliet produces highly finished metal sculptures inspired by the plant kingdom which will stand amongst peaceful water gardens, herbaceous borders and organically shaped topiary.
The Courts Garden in Holt is well known for its imaginative use of colour and planting, creating unexpected vistas that are the perfect backdrop to this autumn sculpture exhibition.
Ruth’s sculptures range in size from small detailed pieces to large eye-catching structures. To add further complexity, she will often combine the two extremes of scale to create dramatic and intricate artworks.
She said: ‘In my work I reflect a childhood dream to be able to shrink in size, like ‘Alice’, to enable me to enter a plant’s elaborate structure and explore the floral architecture. The enlarged scale that I use indicates this desire to be at one with the object of my study, to be engulfed in a flower.’
Ruth’s method of production highlights this joining of botanical forms and deliberately depicts an engineered ‘bolting together’, exaggerating the function whilst retaining the beauty.
‘My work is a celebration of the breath-taking way in which our planet has evolved and survived and can continue to do so if given the opportunity. Plants and insects need each other and one could not exist without the other. They have evolved and lived this way for millions of years, a perfect example of mutualism and cohabitation’, she said.
The exhibition runs daily (except Wednesdays) from Saturday 8 September – Sunday 14 October 2018 and more information is available on www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-courts-garden
