Julie Lænkholm, 2026
On Rooting
Collector work
DKK 18,500
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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 in collaboration with the National Museum's senior conservator before transporting the decaying section to Pietrasanta, Italy, where it was cast in bronze by master craftsmen using the lost-wax technique.
Lead time: 8-12 weeks
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- Artist
- Julie Lænkholm
- Material
- Forest-patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 57×22 cm (length x width)
- Edition
- Limited edition of 12+3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
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 as preservation in a static sense, but as 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.
Intimate in scale but vast in story, this piece 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" serves as a quiet insistence that the most meaningful creative act is sometimes simply paying attention to what is already there.
This sculpture presents an opportunity to embrace an artwork that encapsulates an artistic method of ecological practice. Each piece offers versatile display options, suitable as a freestanding sculpture or mounted on a wall. The limited edition nature of "On Rooting" adds to its value, making it a prized piece for collectors who appreciate art born from a deep, physical connection to the natural world.
Materials & making
Cast bronze
Bronze holds detail that few materials can. Cast from the artist's original, each edition carries the same surface, weight and gravity, a physical record of the hand that made it, hardened into an alloy that will outlast everyone who touches it.
- Material
- Forest-patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 57×22 cm (length x width)
- Edition
- Limited edition of 12+3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature
- Engraved
01
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.
04
Patina and finish
The finished bronze is coloured with heat and chemistry, then sealed with a hand-applied patina unique to each edition.
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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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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- Artist
- Julie Lænkholm
- Title
- On Rooting
- Year
- 2026
- Material
- Forest-patinated bronze
- Dimensions
- 57×22 cm (length x width)
- Edition size
- Limited edition of 12+3 Artist's Proofs (AP)
- Signature / marking
- Engraved
- Provenance
- First sale, Edition Solenne
- Lead time
- 8-12 weeks
- Certificate
- Signed certificate of authenticity included
- Returns
- Made to order. Sales are final once production begins; contact us within 7 days if the work arrives damaged.
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