LIFE BLOSSOMS

What really lives on?

Life Blossoms, 2017
Bronze, aluminium and granite
Unique work (set of 6)
H40 x Dia30cm (each)
© Mark Humphrey

“LIFE BLOSSOMS TRACES THE STAGES OF A POPPY’S GROWTH, FROM SEED AND STEM THROUGH BUD TO PETALS. MOULDED FACES FROM THE EVERY ONE REMEMBERED STATUETTE ARE REIMAGINED WITHIN THE POPPY ITSELF, CONNECTING THE NATURAL CYCLE OF THE FLOWER WITH THE CYCLE OF COMMEMORATION. CONSTRUCTED FROM BRONZE, ALUMINIUM AND GRANITE, EACH FORM CAPTURES A DIFFERENT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION.

PERHAPS EACH TIME WE SEE A POPPY GROW AND ITS PETALS BLOSSOM, WE ARE REMINDED OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SOUL HAS RISEN INTO HEAVEN. THE POPPY BECOMES A LIVING METAPHOR FOR REMEMBRANCE – RETURNING EACH SEASON, RISING FROM THE EARTH AND BRINGING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO OUR THOUGHTS. AS THE POPPIES BLOOM, SO MEMORIES RETURN, REMINDING US THAT LIFE CONTINUES TO BLOSSOM AND REMEMBRANCE LIVES ON.”

Mark Humphrey