'Eden Horse' (Heather Jansch, 2000), Eden Project, near St Blazey, Cornwall, UK

            Opened in 2001, the Eden Project "connects us with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work towards a better future".
Physically, it might be summarised as two clusters of geodesic pillow domes in a disused china clay pit, with the surrounding space filled by gardens and ancillary buildings. The transparent domes enclose rainforest and Mediterranean 'eco-climates', and hence vegetation, with the open-air gardens representing a third biome, the world's temperate regions.

This driftwood sculpture in the foyer arrived as part of the Project's founding exhibition in 2001 and has never left - Tim Smit KBE, founder, "simply couldn't bear" to let it "go home", so bought it.

I can certainly understand why - not only does it exemplify key underlying principles of the Eden Project, it's 'simply' a wonderful sculpture. From a distance one appreciates the inquisitive pose and sense of movement in the whole, but close-up one also appreciates the natural shapes in the wood and the achievement of fitting them together so well. It's been voted the most popular artwork on the site.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Carveor Moor (show map)

Taken on: June 13, 2012

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