I designed and built this Wedding Tree sculpture as a delightful celebratory centrepiece for an outdoor wedding ceremony. 

It is all hand built from terracotta clay.

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The concept originated from Mexican wedding tree candelabra sculptures, and evolved into this unique design.

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Two figures linking hands make up the 'trunk' of the tree, representing the sacred feminine and masculine aspects, whose combined energies and shared Love lift up and support a bowl, which forms the branches and canopy of a tree.

The tree is the Tree of Life.

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Little ceramic birds (long tailed tits in this design) are attached via small willow sticks around the trunk and also within the flowers of the bowl.

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The bowl is glazed inside and is made separately from the base trunk, for ease of transportation as well as cleaning. It can be filled with flowers (or a potted plant) to expand the sense of a tree's branches and foliage.    

The hollow interior of the trunk can house a small bowl for buring incense or a candle.

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My intention with this sculpture was for it to be both ceremonial and beautiful on the day of the wedding, and a lovely shrine space in the home (or garden) afterwards.