'Sculptures in the Garden'
 

Welcoming artist
Fidelma Massey's sculptures
at Holy Rood

"All my work talks about the natural world,
and our relationship to it."

We are delighted to be able to host three of Fidelma's gorgeous and quirky sculptures here at Holy Rood.

'A Shrine for the Mother of Birds' is both tree & goddess, hosting a mass of birds in her hair, and holding birds eggs within a hinged door in her womb.



"Oakchild' is a small Oak Goddess, taking on the form of an acorn, surrounded by jays (birds which spread oak woods by burying acorns) and sheltering a secretive squirrel.  



... and 'Mother of Thousands' is inspired by houseplants that produce tiny versions of themselves; this sculpture refers to the regenerative power of nature.  It's a beautiful kinetic interactive piece, and each figure is a bell that swings back and forth.  
 
Do visit and take a look.  Can you find the sculptures in their temporary homes here at Holy Rood?
 

Fidelma tells us:
I like to invent images for invisible beings. I love hybrids: beasts that are neither one thing or the other. A man who is also a bird, a woman who is a tree – deliberately ambiguous images. Hair that might be water, or branches, eggs that might hatch into birds or snakes, or anything else you can imagine…  

We are hugely grateful for the loan of such beautiful sculptures. 
Please do visit Fidelma's website to learn more about her work:

https://www.fidelmamassey.com/