{"id":1212,"date":"2025-01-09T20:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2025-01-26T21:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T21:56:31","slug":"seeds-of-trees-and-sounds-of-mountains-perspex-foliage-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/seeds-of-trees-and-sounds-of-mountains-perspex-foliage-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tree of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mike Collier<br><em>In collaboration with Tom Jordan<\/em><br>75 cm diameter<br>HDF and coloured Perspex<br><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"1203\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage8-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage8-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage6-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage6-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage2-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage2-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage3-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage3-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage5-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage5-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage4-1.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/perspex-foliage4-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this piece called <strong><em>The Tree of Life<\/em><\/strong>, Mike draws on the mythology in Persian culture where the Tree of Life is\u00a0a sacred symbol and represents the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the larger pieces exhibited in this group show at the AKC Gallery in January 2025. 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