Ceramic bosses  applied to wooden planters in Tiltyard Café Courtyard, Hampton Court Palace Gardens, to celebrate King Henry VIII’s 500-year anniversary.

Participatory project ran over 2 years with a variety of groups in nursing and retirement homes and with people with disabilities. Collaborated with a historian based at Historic Royal Palaces to investigate themes of Tudor symbols in architecture. A participatory planting project ran in parallel to maintain the planters.

Client: Historic Royal Palaces

Dimensions: Approx. 15cm diameter each

Medium: Stoneware ceramic with lustre

Place: Hampton Court Palace Gardens

Year: 2009-11