Sleeping in the Hop Garden

In Kent before mechanical hop picking.Families would come from London tto pick hops by hand.They stayed in Hopping Huts, children picked too but at times needed to sleep.Hops are very sleep inducing.

About the artist

Janette Gaggini

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I have always held a passion for Art Practice although my previous career has been within the Horticultural industry and plant science research. I previously gained qualifications for Horticulture, Applied Biology (Plant Sciences). Since 1998 I have increased my education in art as a change in direction. My specific interests are three dimensional work with kinetic elements, painting, printing, sound art and video. My work aims to show my fascination with living organisms, a constant cycle of new life and degeneration. I consider organic function to be similar to that of a machine and the cycle of time.