David Nash at Kew - browse the art works

Find out more about the sculptures, drawings and paintings on display at Kew Gardens, as part of the David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery exhibition.

Tickets to the Gardens and the exhibition - adults £14.50, concessions £12.50, children 16 and under go FREE

Cave

Nash likens the holes and texture of Crag and Cave to 'scholar stones'– naturally occurring rock formations that have historically been valued by Chinese scholars and garden designers for their aesthetic forms.

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Charred Crossed Egg

Charred Cross Egg demonstrates how many of Nash's works evolve.

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Iron Dome

Nash is best known for his wood sculptures but has recently been developing some of these forms into cast-iron, steel and bronze works. Iron Dome, adjacent to the Nash Conservatory near Main Gate, is one such piece.

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Comet Ball

The first, smaller version of Comet Ball was named after a game that one of Nash's student helpers used to play with her father. This inspired Nash to work with this shape further and on a bigger scale. He was also interested to explore forms with a sense of 'coming down'– in contrast to the upward sense of works such as Throne.

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Cork Dome

Cork Dome is the sculpture Nash is most excited about. It is an entirely new work, built onsite at Kew.

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Cork Spire

Entering the Nash Conservatory, one is immediately met by the towering structure and huge presence of Cork Spire.

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Crack and Warp Column

Crack and warp columns are a repeated form in Nash's work.

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Crag

Both Crag and Cave are made from the trunk of an old yew, which Nash discovered covered in brambles in an abandoned wood yard in Sussex.

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Cross Hatch Cross

Inspired by artistic research into Kew’s Economic Botany Collection, Nash has branded some of his new work, such as Cross Hatch Cross, with simple motifs.

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Cube, Sphere, Pyramid

Nash describes the cube, sphere and pyramid as ‘universal forms’ that we naturally see in our environment. He has placed this bronze Cube, Sphere, Pyramid so that their black forms are reflected in the trunks of the surrounding tree ferns.