http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content The Gardens of Easton Lodge Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Kiran first visited the Gardens, she was drawn to the fact that they did not hold any visual references to WWII. The grounds are beautifully calm and it was only through the hidden archive that she could imagine the history it held. So the installation plays with the idea ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=63   Tom Deakins was moved to make a piece about the trees of Easton Lodge as they stand oasis-like and in great variety among the windswept open fields. So many surrounding trees were cut down during the Second World War and he wanted to remember their loss in contrast to the ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=62 This piece was created by Jacqueline Davies for the “Invitation to Draw - Drawing on Memories” project in 2005. Painted in acrylics, it has a retro appeal recalling the time when the USA Air Force was in residence in Dunmow. The runway is the dominant image in the painting although, ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=61 This stone sculpture was created by artist Antonia Hockton in memory of all who were based at Easton Lodge during World War II. It was paid for from donations by members of the public and from donations from Great Easton Primary, Great Dunmow Primary and Dunmow St. Mary’s Primary Schools, ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=60 This artwork was made in response to the photograph in the Dovecot museum showing ‘men and mud’, taken on a cold Essex day in 1902. These were the men employed to build the Countess’s gardens. The language used at the time to describe the men from the Salvation Army ('inebriates, ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=59 This sculpture represents Aphrodite (the goddess of the Act of Love) reclining on top of a Greek Corinthian column. It is carved from one piece of wood (a prematurely deceased beech tree), and using only a mallet and chisels. The carving on the capital represents: two peacocks – found in the ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=58 “Daisy Stones” is a body of work that touches on the memories of The Countess of Warwick and her involvement in the Gardens of Easton Lodge. Using suggestions from English folklore of the stone growing from the soil and rising to the surface, the artist has combined the surface of ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=57 Inspired by the way The Countess of Warwick abandoned her luxurious lifestyle to embrace socialism and the support of good causes, this radical transformation was the starting point for the creation of Darling Daisy. The artist strove to create an essence of Daisy, recreating her using objects previously buried within the ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=56 Maynard Greville, himself a noted arboriculturalist, decided to create an arboretum in the Gardens, fully intending to extend this over much of the Italian and Japanese Gardens, although in the end they actually disappeared under brambles and saplings. He demolished the Victorian mansion and planted silver birch on the foundations. ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=14 After Daisy’s death in 1938, the estate was inherited by her son Maynard Greville who lived nearby in Little Canfield. He shared neither his mother’s beliefs in Socialism nor her interest in the formal Gardens and consequently they began to succumb to nature. However, in 1939, the War Office requisitioned ... http://www.eastonlodge.co.uk/content/?p=13