Art Guide at The Dorchester
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THE PROMENADE<br />
WOVEN METAL<br />
Michelle McKinney<br />
<strong>The</strong> oval floral sculpture fe<strong>at</strong>ures flowers –<br />
anemone, aquilegia, hellebore, magnolia, sweet pea<br />
and hydrangea – from our neighbouring Hyde Park.<br />
<strong>The</strong> unusual translucency of its m<strong>at</strong>erials lends<br />
an ethereal quality to the work.<br />
Michelle McKinney works with exceptionally fine<br />
woven metals, including stainless steel and brass.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fragility and ephemerality of n<strong>at</strong>ure is<br />
captured in the strength and permanence of these<br />
industrial, manmade m<strong>at</strong>erials. Each tiny piece of<br />
metal is hand cut and manipul<strong>at</strong>ed, layer by layer,<br />
to cre<strong>at</strong>e a unique, multidimensional piece th<strong>at</strong>’s<br />
a modern-day revival of the Victorian art and<br />
industry of flower-making once so vital to London<br />
interior design and fashion.<br />
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