Forged: Somewhere between…

You see a beautiful shell on the beach or a perfectly formed acorn in the woods and you pick it up, bringing it home as a reminder of the natural world. These sculptures are the results of that magpie like behaviour. Contained within each archival box is a bronze cast, a forgery of nature’s splendour, and a photograph taken during one of Sherwood’s hikes. The full title of each box corresponds to the hike during which the photograph was taken. Each box is a frozen snapshot of nature: a miniature bronze monument, a warning of all we could lose if we do not act now. The photographs show where these objects should be found, where we should continue to encounter them.

The first bronze casts were created during my Foundry Fellowship at Chelsea College of Art (cancelled due to Covid-19). The specimens featured were collected by the artist, or borrowed from Plymouth Universities eco loans depatment.