SCULPTURE - Serena de la Hey - Willow Sculpting- Somerset

Somerset is an exciting and varied county, and no-one employs the natural environment of The Somerset Levels better than the dedicated sculptures, Serena de la Hey with her exciting and varied sculptures.

Programme participants will learn of the historical and current uses of willow. During a few days, and under Serena's guidance, participants will sculpt their own object out of the medium - for example a simple heron - while having a chance throughout the programme to explore the Somerset Levels, a Natural Conservation Site, and see willow grow.

Participants on Serena de la Hey's programmes will stay at the nearby county town of Taunton, at The Castle Hotel. Steeped in Somerset History, The Castle Hotel offers the quality with which Art At Work is associated: The Michelin star restaurant and sumptuous rooms complement the appeal of working with Serena in Somerset.


 
Artist: Serena de la Hey

Born in East Africa, Serena has based herself at English Hurdle, a fourth-generation family firm committed to the growth and use of willow, an indigenous resource.

Serena has a strong international profile, with work exhibited in the USA and Uruguay. She is known best by the British public for her "Willow Man" sculpture alongside the M5 at Bridgwater. She exhibits in such exceptional venues as The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall.

Serena understands the cultivation and use of willow, and what matters most about her work is her great enthusiasm for the interaction between her work and the environment in which she sculpts. The consideration is one of the reasons her programmes for Art At Work will benefit clients: How does the environment affect our attitudes to work?