INTERNATIONAL artist Susie MacMurray is creating an extraordinary new large-scale art work which will be on display in the Mansion at Tatton Park this summer.
Working with a small team of volunteers from East Cheshire Hospice, Susie, from Wilmslow, is creating a new work, Gathering, which will be suspended from the rotunda in the Staircase Hall at Tatton.
Made up of thousands of individual elements, Gathering has been inspired by the work of the hospice as well as referencing the Costume Ball, which was held at Tatton in 1897 to celebrate William Egerton’s Earldom.
Elements from the Gathering art work
The red velvet which makes up the elements of Gathering is the colour of the silk velvet dress worn by the Countess at the ball.
An additional exhibition, The Tatton Ball will provide an insight into what the aristocrats wore, the music and the colour of high society entertaining.
The volunteers who have been working with MacMurray have come to the project through their involvement with East Cheshire Hospice, and have found the process of creating the art work very rewarding.
Lynne Tait, from Alderley Edge, whose husband was cared for in the hospice in 2016 said: “I really wanted to do something to support the hospice when they had been so wonderful with my husband at the end of his life.
“I feel more like a lucky contributor than a volunteer, who along with a wonderful team, is helping Susie create her Gathering vision.
“As we gather each week the conversation flows and seems to absorb into the work.
“It’s a privilege to see the work developing over the weeks and months we have been working on it.
“I hope the elements will help to raise much-needed funds for the hospice.”
Each of the individually-made elements which make up Gathering will be for sale during its display, and will be distributed to buyers once the installation has been taken down in October.
Art work Cloud at Winchester Cathedral
All proceeds from the sale of the elements will go to East Cheshire Hospice to help it provide its invaluable service to those with life-limiting illness in our community.
Running from June 28 to October 6, Gathering and The Tatton Ball promise to provide two excellent reasons to visit Tatton Park this summer.
Carole Hyde, business development manager at Tatton said: “We’re delighted to have an artist of Susie MacMurray’s calibre creating an artwork specifically for the Mansion at Tatton.
“We hope visitors will take the opportunity to see this unique work as well as experiencing The Tatton Ball exhibition and enjoying all Tatton Park has to offer this summer.”
Full details of this exhibition can be found at theartfair.org.uk
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