Cozy

Close together, we three. Susan Lordi wants to represent time spent with family in lockdown and playing with make believe with items in the home. ''Make believe play, in a blanket fort or under the covers at bedtime, are some of my favourite memories of being a young mother with two little ones. Their imaginations are so fresh and free - It's fun to let go and get on the same level with them. Rewarding moments of being cozy with my children... and now my grandchildren - Susan Lordi. All of our new Willow Tree pieces come in recycable packaging. Not a toy or children's product. Intended for adults only.

Approx. Dimensions: 8.9cmH 8.9cmW 5.1cmD

Willow Tree

Artist Susan Lordi hand carves the original of each Willow Tree sculpture. Using family and friends as models, Susan tries to capture a moment in time, or express a feeling. Pieces are cast from her original carvings, and then individually painted by hand. Softly washed colours, carved and metal accents, and representative icons of nature mark Susan’s work.

Her figures continue to evolve as she identifies emotions so important for us to convey, and renders them in simple, pure gestures. These art forms beautifully express love, closeness, healing, courage, hope…all the emotions of a life well lived.

The name Willow Tree was chosen to symbolise all that is gestural and beckoning. The figures are columnar in design, like a tree, and often carry natural objects or animals as metaphors for human virtues or qualities…rosemary for remembrance, a bird for healing, flowers for beauty. The sculptures are rendered so as to suggest elegance, simplicity, peace and serenity. Forms reveal their expressions through body gestures only…a tilt of the head, placement of the hands, a turn of the body.

Emotions are left to the viewer to discern, which makes them personal and powerful. ‘Willow Tree is not necessarily a likeness, it’s a way of conveying emotion…a reminder of someone we want to keep close, or a memory that we want to touch, or see.

I hope that people can recognise subtle expressions or gestures of those they love, and from that, be able to select pieces that are uniquely meaningful for them.’ Susan Lordi