A Sculptural Installation by Laura Ellen Bacon

Installation starts 12 March

Laura Ellen Bacon was shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Makers award 2010. Her work is site-specific and ecologically sound; she creates large scale ‘morphing’ structures, most often woven in willow or other coppiced materials.

At Blackwell, Laura will create an installation of two large-scale works in red willow. These pieces have been developed in direct response to Laura’s knowledge and experience of Blackwell, its landscape environment and the climate within which it exists. She will create two dramatic curvaceous structures, bonded to the building and the retaining wall of one of the garden terraces. The form of these two ‘clinging’ structures, which will span two floors of the external elevation, will emphasise their fragility against the relative permanence of the house.