A GIFTED artist has created a collection of sculptural urns for a new remembrance garden. Joanne Risley was commissioned by Birches Crematorium and Remembrance Park, which only opened in May and is set in six acres of Cheshire countryside in Lach Dennis.
The sculptures are now in place at the memorial garden The Knutsford sculptor has spent months designing the unique pieces at her studio in Northwich. The brief was to create sculptural forms inspired by seed pods as remembrance pieces rooted in nature to nestle comfortably within an organic space and be designed to contain an urn within a hidden cavity, said Joanne, 55, a former pupil at Knutsford High School.