Northern California
Sculpture for Gardens & Estates
Sculpture can give a remarkable property its identity. Yoko Kubrick creates site-specific works in marble and bronze for gardens, estates, and landscapes in Northern California — where she lives and works when she is not carving in Tuscany.
A Place, Transformed
The same terrace, before and after Tides.
Before
After — Tides, University of San Francisco
Lethe on the garden axis at Le Petit Trianon, San Francisco.
Sculpture + Landscape
For the 2019 San Francisco Decorator Showcase at Le Petit Trianon, Yoko worked with Zeterre Landscape Architecture to place six marble sculptures within a redesigned formal garden. Lethe — nine feet tall, carved from a single block — was set on the main axis, so it is seen first from the house, at the end of the parterre.
Placement was worked out with the landscape architects around sightlines, planting, and the geometry of the beds — the same way a sculpture is planned for a private garden.
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Artemis at Filoli, Woodside. Photograph by Craig Adams.
Sculpture in a Historic Garden
In 2023, Artemis was exhibited in the gardens at Filoli Historic House and Garden in Woodside. Placing a contemporary work within a hundred-year-old landscape meant responding to the architecture, the planting, and the paths people walk — finding the spot where the sculpture belongs rather than interrupts.
White marble reads clearly against hedges, lawn, and dark planting, and its surface changes with the light through the day.
Filoli, Woodside, California.
Made for the Site
A commission begins with the place itself. When the site is in the Bay Area, Yoko visits: walking the garden, seeing what the house sees, noticing where the light falls in the morning and evening.
The design then considers architecture, landscape, sightlines, scale, and material — and the practical side: access for equipment, foundations, engineering, and installation, all handled as part of the commission.
Carrara, Tuscany.
From Tuscany
The marble is selected in Tuscany and carved in Pietrasanta, then travels to its garden in California. For larger commissions, you can join Yoko at the stone yards to choose the block.
More about choosing the stoneExplore the commission practice and regional project context.