Tania Kovats work for Wonders of Weston re-landscaped Madeira Cove gardens, a historic venue of public entertainment where the view out to sea provides an expansive and contemplative setting.
Madeira Cove looks out towards Steep Holm island, a remote nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Bristol Channel. This island was the inspiration for HOLM, a sculpture cast in pale concrete replicating the distinctive landmass of Steep Holm in miniature.
The artists' response to Madeira Cove came from Steep Holm's distinctive punctuation of the horizon which she saw as a poetic eye catcher, mysterious and utopian, existing remotely as a protected wilderness. Kovats' proposals for the gardens' renewal took inspiration from the distinctive characteristics and native plants of Steep Holm. Landscape architects Grant Associates developed these proposals and designed a new viewing platform for horizon-gazing at Madeira Cove with the sculpture HOLM at its centre. Native planting was re-introduced and Steep Holm's distinctive combination of layered rock formations and man-made concrete interventions have inspired the contemporary treatment of the site.
Madeira Cove looks out towards Steep Holm island, a remote nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Bristol Channel. This island was the inspiration for HOLM, a sculpture cast in pale concrete replicating the distinctive landmass of Steep Holm in miniature.
The artists' response to Madeira Cove came from Steep Holm's distinctive punctuation of the horizon which she saw as a poetic eye catcher, mysterious and utopian, existing remotely as a protected wilderness. Kovats' proposals for the gardens' renewal took inspiration from the distinctive characteristics and native plants of Steep Holm. Landscape architects Grant Associates developed these proposals and designed a new viewing platform for horizon-gazing at Madeira Cove with the sculpture HOLM at its centre. Native planting was re-introduced and Steep Holm's distinctive combination of layered rock formations and man-made concrete interventions have inspired the contemporary treatment of the site.
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