Red Frame

In this geometric form Nash has used both the rust-coloured heartwood and blonde sapwood of a redwood.

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Red Frame in the Temperate House at Kew Gardens

Date and material

  • 2008
  • Sequoia

Making Red Frame

Nash found the wood for this work in northern California, just after it had been felled. He estimates that the tree was 500-600 years old. Although the colours of the wood are vivid now, put outside they would fade due to the action of sun and rain.
 

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