During 2022 Rachel was commissioned by Redrow Homes to create a new land lark sculpture for their new development in Mickleover, Derbyshire.

The sculpture utilises a combination of hand woven cast bronze work wrapped and nestled within a fluid shape of stainless steel made from a variety of round bars woven together. The bronze sphere is mounted upon a tall plinth created of strong steel, powder coated in a matte black tone and topped with a beautiful piece of speckled black granite that has been mirror polished to reflect natural light back through the woven areas of the bronze. 

The sculpture seeks to reference to the nurturing history of the areas past connection of the County Asylum Pastures, and more recently during the national lockdown as people turned to green spaces to help with their well being. 

Pastures was ahead of its time in terms of the integration of patients into the wider community, and as the asylum was a significant boon to the village of Mickleover, providing much work and social activity for the following century and a half, patients too became unusually involved in village life from a very early stage. While integration into the wider surrounding community became much more common at most asylums during the later 20th Century, Pastures’ patient were encouraged from the outset to take bible study and worship in the local churches and become involved in local sport and recreational activities.