Julie Lænkholm, 2026

On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm

Name: On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm
Brand: Julie Lænkholm
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"On Rooting" by Julie Lænkholm is a bronze sculpture cast one-to-one from a fragment of an exposed tree root found in Tisvilde Hegn, one of Denmark's most biodiverse forests. Over four months, Lænkholm conserved the original root together with a senior conservator at the National Museum of Denmark before transporting the decaying section to Pietrasanta, Italy, where it was cast in bronze using the lost-wax technique.

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Artist: Julie Lænkholm
Material: Forest-patinated bronze
Dimensions: 57 x 22 cm (length x width)
Edition: Limited edition of 12 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm

The work

Lænkholm's practice is guided by the question of how we care for the materials and places around us, moving between sculpture, textile and site-specific intervention. Central to her work is the concept of maintenance: not preservation in a static sense, but an ongoing, attentive relationship with the world. Her process is slow, physical and rooted in place, often involving techniques passed on through oral tradition or long-term ecological engagement.

Intimate in scale but wide in story, the work carries the memory of a fallen tree and the patience of a winter spent caring for it. The edition originates from two smaller root sections detached from the main form, quiet fragments that carry the memory of the whole. "On Rooting" is a quiet insistence that the most meaningful creative act is sometimes simply paying attention to what is already there.

Each example can be shown as a freestanding sculpture or mounted on a wall.

On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm detail

Materials and making

Cast bronze

Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Each bronze is cast from the same mould and hand-chased to retain the detail of the artist's original. Patina is applied individually, so tonal and surface variation should be expected across the edition.

Material: Forest-patinated bronze
Dimensions: 57 x 22 cm (length x width)
Edition: Limited edition of 12 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature: Engraved

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Mould and wax
The artist's original is captured in a flexible mould, from which a hollow wax replica is taken and refined by hand until every surface matches the source.
02
Lost-wax casting
The wax is encased in a ceramic shell and fired; the wax runs out and molten bronze is poured into the void it leaves, taking on the exact form of the original.
03
Chasing and assembly
The rough cast is released from its shell, sprues removed, and seams chased away by hand so the metal reads as a single continuous surface.
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Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.

On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm study 1

On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm study 2

Made at

Fonderia Artistica Mariani

Italy · Est. 1952

Founded in 1952, Fonderia Artistica Mariani is an Italian art foundry known for precision bronze casting. Each work is cast using the traditional lost-wax and vacuum-shell methods that capture the finest surface detail, then chased, finished and patinated by hand.

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Lead time: 8-12 weeks

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The artist

Julie Lænkholm

1985, Denmark · Sculpture, Textile, Site-specific

Julie Lænkholm is a Danish visual artist whose practice spans sculpture, textile, and site-specific work. Her research-led approach explores maintenance, oral histories, and collective forms of knowledge, drawing on fieldwork in Denmark, Iceland, and Sri Lanka.

Central to her work is the concept of maintenance, not preservation in a static sense, but an ongoing, attentive relationship with the world. Her process is slow, physical, and deeply rooted in place, often involving techniques passed down through oral tradition or long-term ecological engagement. She is currently pursuing a practice-based PhD investigating how maintenance can function as both artistic method and form of ecological care.

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Details

Artist: Julie Lænkholm
Title: On Rooting - Bronze Sculpture by Julie Lænkholm
Year: 2026
Material: Forest-patinated bronze
Dimensions: 57 x 22 cm (length x width)
Edition size: Limited edition of 12 + 3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
Signature / marking: Engraved
Publisher: Edition Solenne, Copenhagen
Primary market release: 2026
Acquisition: Acquired directly from Edition Solenne
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
Certificate: Signed and numbered by the artist and publisher
Returns: Consumers in the EU may withdraw within 14 days of delivery, except where the work is produced to individual specification, as stated on the invoice. Contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.