FORAGED FOREST CANDELABRA
his wonderful aerial decoration was born out of a beautifully lichened bough, torn off by the wind on an exposed Welsh hillside, its kissing ball of mistletoe still intact. Reluctant to reduce its impressive size and natural beauty, I pondered how to best use it. I tried suspending it from the beams in the hall but it became lost, so I let it rest in and over a huge old iron candelabra that had lain unadorned in the barn for years. The torn branch pokes out from the top, while the olive-green mistletoe is suspended comfortably from the centre of the piece. It’s best to let materials fall and place themselves naturally, since larger woody pieces can look forced, awkward and cumbersome. Forage for fallen woodland boughs with shape and movement – you don’t
