Director Nigel George working on a birch pollen hibernaculum.

Artecology was recently commissioned to create a series of sculptures for The Pan Meadows Country Park on The Isle of Wight. Why just have sculptures when you can have sculptural hibernacula we thought! So, each one of these giant pollen grain sculptures is hollow and stuffed with a variety of organic substrates that will provide a perfect sheltering and overwintering place for a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife.

Pollen hibernaculum sculptures in progress in the Artecology studio.