About
Years ago, on a hot summers day, I found myself staring into the vast bank of trees across a river. I'd been caught by its wide variety of leaf patterns and how their individual greens, pinks and mauves melted into a mass of soft mounds, so dense it felt as though you could walk across them. Against the blue sky all was tranquil and the mind settled.
Then, a sudden sharp movement to the left. A group of white birds flies in low and smooth, shooting a straight line across the deep sway of trees, charging the atmosphere with new energy. They bring speed and intention, their direction adjusting moment by moment in stark contrast to the rooted background of seasoned bark and ancient limbs, with its audience of standing leaves. Two distinct lifeforms converging in space and time. I held my breath, trying to hang on to the interweaving patterns of structure and movement, stability and disruption, till the birds and their presence were gone.
It felt like a different way of seeing, of glimpsing some of the layers of complexity that made up this shared moment in time and space, shaking the familiarity of the summer scene. And it brought home how different the experience would have been for each of those involved, including me.
My work is grounded in such experiences. Working closely with materials and the spaces they occupy, I develop forms which express processes of growth and movement, highlighting senses of depth, distance and presence. I'm collecting impressions of three-dimensionality from everyday life and sculpting them into new forms.
Caroline Lambard, 2025
Caroline Lambard’s practice explores the dynamic relationships between form, space, and movement - how structures evolve, shift and resonate both physically and emotionally. Her work emerges through a process-led engagement with materials, where simple elements gradually accumulate into complex, responsive structures. These forms grow organically, creating a sense of presence that invites reflection on how we perceive and inhabit space.
Lambard moves fluidly between two and three dimensions, using each as a lens to examine spatial perception. A central concern is the experience of three-dimensionality as it unfolds in daily life: the shifting silhouettes of trees or buildings glimpsed in motion, and the subtle spatial revelations that come with changing perspective. This phenomenon -known as motion parallax - is echoed in her open, column-like constructions, which visually transform as the viewer moves around them.
On paper, she translates this spatial sensitivity into two dimensions through chiaroscuro and the rhythmic accumulation of drawn lines. These gestures not only define form but also trace the passage of time and the process of making.
At its core, Lambard’s work is an inquiry into how we engage with spatial complexity - both perceptually and emotionally. By isolating and reassembling fragments of everyday spatial experience, she creates artworks that function as both aesthetic objects and conceptual frameworks. In doing so, she invites the viewer to reimagine their own relationship with the built and natural environments around them.
Alkistis Tsabouraki, 2025
Regular studio updates are posted on instagram @caroline.lambard, and a list of currently available works can be requested via the contacts page
Caroline Lambard trained in 3d design and her works include public art sculpture, installations and drawings. She co-founded ideas-matter-sphere, and arts-based cross-disciplinary talks and discussion programme in central London, which she ran between 2011 and 2015. A list of events and speakers is available in the Ideas-matter-sphere archive. She is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and lives and works in London.