SOPHIE HACKER
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Witness

Picture
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Witness was commissioned in 2019 by the owners of Bere Mill, Hampshire, following a devastating fire that destroyed a significant collection of art.
Soon after the fire, they began to rebuild.  They invited Sophie to make a landscape piece to symbolise the journey that they went on to restore what had been lost.  

The circle on one side is made from marine ply, grooved by a great circular saw in a stone masons yard.  The colours are those of Bere Mill -  myriad greens, weatherworn timbers, soil, sky - with shimmers of 24 carat gold to celebrate the triumph of owners' decision to rebuild. The other side is heat-treated copper, sealed with lacquer to prevent oxidising. 

The square forms the lower half of the sculpture, which has been divided according to the Golden Section.
 
The more intimate, painted wooden disc faces towards the home, the dramatic fire-coloured copper welcomes people to a new arts building, now a part of Bere Mill. 
 
For more information on this work please email Sophie
Picture

Sophie with Steve Bates who fabricated the metalwork, on the day of the installation.

Copyright © Sophie Hacker 2024
  • Work
    • Glass Projects >
      • Reliquary
      • All The Saints
      • The Healing Garden
      • Lockdown Fragments
      • Revealing Glory and Renewing Hope
      • Jane's Door
      • Calling Window
      • Holy Spirit Windows
      • Baptism Window
      • Circular Roof Lantern
    • TEXTILES >
      • Water into Wine
      • Silk Banners
      • Alpha and Omega
      • Festal Copes
      • Altar and three frontals
    • Sculpture >
      • Athena
      • Bronze Processional Cross
      • Witness
      • Silver
      • St Oswald
      • The Covid Cross
      • Pentecost Cross
      • Crucifixion Now, Resurrection Now
      • Christus
    • Painting >
      • The Infinity Series
      • A Sea of Glass
      • Untiltled (Delight)
      • Gilbert White Residency Work
      • Joy of Movement
      • Contemplation of the Father
      • The Exchange
      • Contemplation of the Son by the Son
      • Contemplation of the Star and the Cross
      • Through Him everything was made
      • Contemplation of the Spirit of Joy
      • First Communion of the Virgin
      • Noel
      • Kiss of the Infant Jesus
      • I sleep but my heart wakes
      • Untiltled (Hope)
      • Icons of the Incarnation
      • Archive >
        • Quartet 2
        • Triptych
        • South Choir Aisle
        • Landscape 2006
        • Moonscape 2006
        • Original Composition for the Organ
        • Window
        • Interpretation of Rublev's Icon of
        • Joy
        • Quartet 1
        • Shekinah
        • Encounter
        • Autumn Flaming
        • Landscape 1
        • Landscape 2
  • About the Artist
    • About the Artist
    • Teaching
    • Professional Associations, Memberships and Roles
    • Exhibitions and Selected Commissions
  • Current Projects
  • Media
  • Archive
    • Venerable Chapel
    • Chronicles of Light
    • Sarum Cross
    • Corpus
    • Cursus
    • Pilgrim
    • Tempest
    • White Stoneware Nativity set
    • Pilgrim Cross
    • Climbing Cross
    • Crown
    • The Cathedral Market Nativity
    • Landscape Form
    • Hospitality
    • Broken Crucifix
    • Landscape Assemblage
    • Mother and Child
  • Art Cards and Books
  • Publications
    • The Calling Window
    • Icons of the Incarnation
    • Process and Pilgrimage
    • St Gabriel's Symposium