Jo Naden
We explored the bounding aspects of hawthorn and the watery qualities of willow.
Hawthorn is the hottest burning wood.
The hawthorn trunks in the Severn Valley resemble the chimera fire forms of Greek mythology, this observation was accentuated by painting the inside with nearby clay.
Willows grow by rivers and pools; both leaves and pollen are carried with the water flow.
2012
Commissioner: British Art Medal Society affiliated to B.M.
Lost-wax process bronze-cast. 82mm.
Casting foundry: Castle Fine Arts Foundry
2010
Location: Lidl Finchfield, Wolverhampton
Commissioner: Lidl UK. Gmbh
Stone, bronze-cast h. 1350mm x 600mm square
Casting foundry: Pangolin
2008
Location: Peace Garden, Russell Hall Hospital Dudley.
Commissioner: Women’s Royal Voluntary Service.
Stainless steel and bronze.
W.1200 x H.600 mm
2008
FOOD OF THE GODS
Location: Bournville Place, Birmingham, reception foyer
Commissioner: Cadbury.
Bronze, polished granite. H. 1620 mm
Casting foundry: Castle Fine Art Foundry
2007
Location: The Severn Valley Country Park. Shropshire.
Commissioner: Highley School, Bridgnorth. Bridgnorth D.C.
local stone & pebbles
2007
Location: Leukaemia Centre Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
Commissioner: Cure Leukaemia
bronze and Welsh slate
Casting foundry: Castle Fine Arts Foundry
Stone cutting: Malcolm Sier
2002 – 2006
A variety of projects working with school children over a number of years.
2003
Location: Park Central Gardens, previously, Attwood Green, Birmingham
Commissioners: Crest Nicholson PLC. Birmingham City Council, Optima Community Association.
Fabricated steel, cast stainless steel, polished granite. H. 2.70m
Apollo Engineering /Formcast, Dudley.
2001
Location: Park Attwood Clinic, Trimpley, Worcestershire.
Fabricated stainless steel and sand-cast bronze
Text design: Malcolm Sier
2002
Commissioner: Wrens Nest National Nature Reserve, Dudley.
Funded by Arts Council – Year of the Artist.
2002
Location: Shenstone near Lichfield
Commissioner: Staffordshire County Council
Sand-cast stainless steel
Catsing Foundry: Formcast
Text design & cutting: Malcolm Sier
2002
Location: Spring Gardening Show, Malvern, Worcestershire
Curated by Rose Garrard
Funders: West Midlands Arts, Worcester C.C. Royal Horticultural Society, Three Counties Agricultural Society
1998
Locations: Castle Vale Nursery School, Adderley Nursery School, Woodhouse Primary School
Moonstone I: bronze – water hollow of our hand
Moonstone II: bronze and aluminium – the water bole, tides and the moon
Water Spout: cast stainless steel – form in dripping water.
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