The Honey Bee and the Hive, 2010
CAA
2 Percy St, London W1T 1DD

Growing peaches and lemons under glass, the trees blossom very early in the season and certainly before any bees are around to pollinate. Consequently, when I use rabbit fur strapped to a large stick (somewhat like a huge paint brush), the fur is dabbed from blossom to blossom to pollinate the hundreds of blooms covering the trees.

It is a painstakingly slow process and one that has highlighted to me how much we rely on bees to fulfil the task of pollinating our fruits and flora from year to year. It therefore seemed only natural, when asked to exhibit in this exhibition, that tapestries incorporating the fruits of this pollinating process should be presented.

View tapestries Peaches and Cream and Oranges and Lemons