Marc Quinn, The Overwhelming World of Desire (Paphiopedilum Winston Churchill Hybrid)
© The Artist, Photo: Marcella Leith |
Art of the Garden
August 2004, Tate Britain
For this workshop everyone began by looking at the giant sculpture
of an orchid on the lawn outside Tate Britain. This work is by
an artist called Marc Quinn.
Taking inspiration from the variety of shapes and colours found in different
plants, everyone came up with ideas for their own flower sculptures.
We drew with crayons onto coloured card, then cut out the designs
and stuck them onto bamboo sticks. Some people wore theirs as
costumes. At the end of the workshop, we planted our flowers around
Marc Quinn’s sculpture to create our own sculpture garden
of weird and wonderful creations.
Top tips!
- Have a good look at the colour and shape of the
plants in your garden, then think about all the different
shapes and colours that flowers can be.
- Create interesting textures by rubbing crayons over
raised surfaces.
- Give depth to your flower by building up layers of
card.
- Pick a spot where you would like to plant your flower
sculpture.
- Perhaps you would like to wear your flower! You can
cut a hole in the card to fit your head through.
- You can strap giant leaves to your arms by sticking
loops of card on the back of your design.
- Give your flower its own name. Why not give it a very
long Latin name (or make up a nonsense name if you like!)
Marc Quinn's flower sculpture, for example, is called Paphiopedilum
Winston Churchill Hybrid.
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