Over the last month I’ve invited people local to the National Forest Way to look at hedges and share their findings for my Blossom & Thorn project. This is part of the research for an artwork I am making for Timber Festival in July which tells stories about the hedges alongside the National Forest Way. The data collection ends today so if you have hedge stories to share, please do so right now! You can find the form here. My recent series of hedge posts for National Hedgerow Week are all linked below too.
I’ve been working away on the creative side as well as lots of hedge-spotting walks in my sketchbook and out in local hedges, testing ideas. These sample pieces are in my favourite field maple hedge in early May before it was fully in leaf and in a neighbouring hawthorn just coming into flower. I’ve still got lots of development to do and I’m excited to get onto the making process, bringing together all the stories collected and all my creative ideas.
Previous blog posts about hedges
Hedge walks
Like the hedges, my Blossom & Thorn project is in bloom now! Last weekend I led a guided walk along a section of the National Forest Way in Leicestershire. 14 of us (and one dog) explored several stretches of…
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Timber Festival and Hedges
My Blossom & Thorn project exploring hedges in the National Forest comes to fruition with a showcase of the artwork at Timber Festival this July. This week is National Hedgerow Week, the perfect time to get out and explore…
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National Hedgerow Week
Why I love hedges In winter and early spring they can be the most amazing sculptural forms which never cease to fascinate me. In Spring they are bursting into leaf and blossom. Here in Leicestershire the Hawthorn or May…
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Following Paths and Hedges
Paths and boundaries are where I started with the creative journey of making Blossom & Thorn, my project about the stories of hedges in the National Forest.
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Ruth Singer 
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