Silver lemon — life-size sculpture. Garden Futures.

At once botanical specimen and sculptural artefact, this life-size lemon in silver-plated metal transforms a perishable fruit into a lasting object of contemplation. Rendered in a material historically tied to value and permanence, the lemon becomes estranged from its natural cycle — preserved by culture.

Its surface bears the uneven skin of the original — textured, irregular, alive with detail — a quiet tribute to the imperfect geometries of the organic world. But here, nature is translated through industrial finish, turning fruit into fossil, gesture into gesture reimagined.

This piece belongs to a lineage of objects that question the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the decorative and the symbolic. As a domestic totem, it invites reflection on systems of consumption, preservation, and the beauty of what is usually overlooked. A silver echo of the edible, the ephemeral made enduring.

OBJECT SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT: Silver-plated lemon sculpture
STYLE: Mid-century modern / Playful object art
MATERIAL & TECHNIQUE: Silver-plated metal
COLOR: Silver
TEXTURE: Rough, lemon-skin pattern
CONDITION: Excellent condition, minor surface patina consistent with age
DIMENSIONS: (+-) Length: 10 cm