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Willow Garden Sculptures
Woven willow sculptures - arched towers, approx. 2m height, length base to tip approx. 3m
Prices from £75 depending on size and 'arch'
The Dancing Trees for willow sculptures contemporary and ornamental for the garden or landscape,
using living and dried willow with greenwood additions .
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Willow sculpture - 'spiked' cone
approx. 1.65m high
Price from £75, varies with size |
Willow sculpture - 'sting' cone
approx. 2.5m high
Price from £85, varies with size |
Willow sculpture - 'flat' cone
approx. 1.5m high
Price from £75, varies with size |
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Woven dried willow spheres
approx. 1.2m and 75cm diameter |
Woven willow spheres
Prices large £325, small £225 |
Woven willow spheres with
bantams |
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Willow ball approx. 30cm diameter
'rough' weave. Price £30 |
Willow ball approx 40 cm diameter
'rough' weave Price £45 |
Willow and red cornus oval on stick
approx 20cm length. Price £20 |
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Dried willow sphere, approx. 1.15m diameter
'smooth' weave. Price £350
Various sizes to order |
Various willow and cornus balls and ovals.
Assorted sizes, 'smooth' and 'curly' weave.
Prices according to size from £7 to £35 |
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Willow ball, 'curly' loose weave.
Approx. 40cm diameter.
Price £25 |
Various willow and cornus balls, ovals and
cones. Assorted sizes, 'smooth, rough and curly' weave. Prices from £25 to £55 |
Willow and red cornus 'curly' weave oval, approx. 40cm length.
Price £25 |
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Woven willow seed pods on stems.
Various sizes and shapes.
Prices from £7 to £15 |
Willow and cornus balls and oval, loose 'curly'
weave and 'smooth' weave on small ball.
Prices from £10 to £35 |
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Hollow woven willow and cornus spheres, flat base, 75cms diameter
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Spheres can suspended by chains from the flat base as an alternative means of display |
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Dragonfly in willow, better suited to interior display.
150cms span, 90cms body length |
Willow and cornus butterfly, body 60cms, wing span75cms |
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| Family of willow chooks |
Willow chooks and friends! |
Cockerel, hen and chick in willow |
More images to follow, please check the site at intervals.
All the willow, coppiced greenwood and hedgerow materials used in the structures and sculptures are taken from my willow plantation, newly established woodland and existing hedges surrounding the field and garden here in rural Rutland.
Preservation of dried willow sculptures.
Willow is biodegradable within a few years if left outside exposed to the elements all year round.
The life span of a dried willow sculpture can be increased by an annual application of wood preservative, of a type suitable for close contact with plants. Please read and follow the safety precautions and the application instructions on the container carefully.
Placing the sculpture under cover in dry, airy surroundings during the wettest months of the year (if not in use or required for display) will prolong its life span.
Alternatively the basic shape of the sculpture can be preserved by allowing a slow growing willow species, branching shrub or climbing plant (preferably nothing too vigorous so as not to swamp the framework) to scramble through and over it. This will require maintenance by regular clipping and pruning of the growth back to the sculpture framework.
The outline of the sculpture will be preserved by the growing plant after the original willow has partially succumbed to nature and the elements.
For further information on the preservation of dried willow sculptures please see
If you wish to purchase, view or require further information about works displayed,
please contact me
Please check the site at intervals, new works displayed as they are created
Commissions welcome.
© Christine Baker - The Dancing Trees 2006 - All rights reserved
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