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Priest, Colin (2013) Thrift Cultivar. [Art/Design Item]
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| Type of Research: | Art/Design Item |
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| Creators: | Priest, Colin |
| Description: | Capturing the hidden meaning of the humble thyme (Thymus vulgaris) comes a participatory flower arrangement, inviting visitors to the Garden Museum to take a thin dried branch from its reclaimed oak ‘cribbage’ plinth and in return leave a matchstick promise to be resourceful. Developing upon a relational artistic practice where works simultaneously act as a fundamental construction and social intervention, a space of action and response to our environment is revealed. With many hands, Thrift Cultivar becomes an artwork, engaging the public in various forms of conversation, presenting a duality between man and nature. The plinth after becomes an artifact as people enjoy the encounter, crumbled leaves, flowers scattered and exchange, offering an opportunity for the arrangement to gently live beyond its temporal existence. For Floralia 2013. |
| Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Floristry |
| Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts |
| Date: | 26 April 2013 |
| Related Websites: | http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/page/floralia-floristry-competition-26-04-13, https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/floriculture/ |
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| Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Garden Museum, London 26 April 2013 26 April 2013 |
| Material/Media: | w.300x l.600mm – recycled oak with message in white approx. 300no oak matchsticks in blank box with no strike approx. 300no branches of dried thyme |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2025 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2025 13:47 |
| Item ID: | 23849 |
| URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/23849 |
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