SERIES 1

TREELIFE ENGRAVED

This series of necklaces re-organises tree characteristics to form new groupings and associations, including physical, historical and local. These range from Fruit and Nut Trees, Silver and Golden Trees, Hedgerow Trees, Mediterranean Trees, Trees with Catkins and Trees with Poisonous Berries to groups celebrating emotional states like Weeping Trees and Trees with Heart-shaped Leaves. The necklaces also respond to specific locations such as London’s Columbia Road Trees and extend to the diversity of Poplar Trees in Regents Park and woodland trees growing in Epping Forest. Historical connections celebrate Biblical and Early European Settler Trees. The Memento Mori necklace for Ash Dieback brings together the endangered ash trees and tree hybrids are also explored. The labels are engraved with both the common and Latin tree names and are made using traffolyte offcuts from an industrial sign writer, referencing botanical garden tree ID tags.

EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL

Trees with Nuts

LOCALITY

London Street Trees

Marchmont Street Trees, Bloomsbury, London WC1

Columbia Road Trees, Bethnal Green, London E2

Columbia Road Trees, Bethnal Green, London E2

Soho Square Trees, Westminster, London W1

Lloyd Park Trees, Walthamstow, London E17

Poplar Trees, Regents Park, London NW1

Lamb’s Conduit Street Trees, Bloomsbury, London WC1

Chalton Street Trees, Somers Town, London NW1

Mediterranean Trees

Epping Forest Trees

Hedgerow Trees

HISTORICAL

Biblical Trees

Pioneer Trees

Early European Settlers

Trees with Europe in their Name

Trees Named after Women

Trees Named after Men

Memento Mori 1

Memento Mori 2

GENUS, SPECIES, HYBRID

Whitebeam, Rowan and Service Trees (Sorbus)

Silver Fir Trees (Abies)

Willow Trees (Salix)

Hybrid Tree London Plane

Hybrid Tree Grey Poplar

Hybrid Tree Bastard Service

Hybrid Tree Common Lime

Service Trees

Cedar Trees

Cherry Trees

Magnolia Trees

Three-needle Pine Trees

SERIES 2

TREELIFE DIPPED

These necklaces originate with dried seeds and fruits collected from various London trees and dipped in latex, suspending them in time. They include the winged seeds from Norway maples, cones from Alder trees, husks from Turkish hazelnuts and pom-pom fruits from London Plane trees.

Left: London Plane Tree, Pagoda Tree, Hornbeam, Rowan Tree

 Right: Cow Tail Pine, Common Alder, Rowan Tree

Left: Sycamore, Beech, Caucasian Wingnut, Turkish Hazelnut

Right: Hop-hornbeam, Pagoda Tree

Left: Beech  

Right: Turkish Hazelnut

Left: Southern Magnolia 

Right: Pinecones

Left: Common Alder, Rowan Tree

Right: Hop-hornbeam, Magnolia, Caucasian Wingnut, American Sweetgum, Holly

Left: Magnolia

Right: Bladdernut Tree

Left: Magnolia

Right: Sycamore

SERIES 3

TREELIFE CAST

Nut shells from walnut trees and discarded peanuts, cypress cones and the remainders of pinecones eaten by squirrels have been cast in bronze, with cherry pips being cast in silver. The sand-cast glass bead necklaces are made from recycled glass and represent both edible and poisonous tree berries. Edible ones include Juniper and Hawthorn Tree berries.  Poisonous berries range from Holly and Yew to the Wayfaring Tree. The berries from both types look similar.

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