Couple of new books...
Barbara Hepworth and the biography of Elizabeth Frink!
Marie Ackers Sculptor - Animals and sporting art
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Silver Commission- Levade between pillars
The silver piece is now completed and delivered.
This is a magical piece...
few of the pictures I took at the foundry
here are some picture kindly provided by Sgt Ian Vernon.
This is a magical piece...
few of the pictures I took at the foundry
here are some picture kindly provided by Sgt Ian Vernon.
Pictures kindly provided by Sgt Ian Vernon, vooster@hotmail.com
the new challenge: 100 days in the unknown! Day 34
Busy day tis one
Raku day -
Finishing the first couple of piece for the multiple project
Raku day -
Friday, 22 October 2010
the new challenge: 100 days in the unknown! Day 33
The multiples/ installation
I have still been thinking about this project but I think the first 3 pieces that I did for that are not right at all so I need to re-think how I am going to do this project. recently , I have been doing small maquettes that could work better for this project...
The purpose of such a project is to create an impact of masses, an installation of sculptures where one sculpture is only a small part of a larger scale piece.
I did a such of what an art installation means and this is what I found so far:
1)Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.
2)Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces
Those little sculptures are very small and by themselves, they are not having much of an impact but a lot of them would change the perception of the same space.
Just to quote an artist that I really like and respect: "I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form. (Anish Kapoor)". I discovered Anish Kapoor's work while watching a show on TV about his exhibition at the Royal academy. During his interview he said that he wasn't doing art to shock but because he enjoyed making beautiful objects...those words made me look at his work.
Anish Kapoor is right , being a sculptor is not only about understanding forms, it is also about understanding the space.It could be the space that the sculpture occupy, the space created by a sculpture, the feeling of a space created by a sculpture or even the feeling created by a sculpture in a space....
I can just imagine that the effect of a large group of the similar sculpture in one room would have a very different effect than a single, tiny little sculpture on a very tall plinth in the middle of a huge room!
The purpose of such a project is to create an impact of masses, an installation of sculptures where one sculpture is only a small part of a larger scale piece.
I did a such of what an art installation means and this is what I found so far:
1)Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform the perception of a space.
2)Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces
Those little sculptures are very small and by themselves, they are not having much of an impact but a lot of them would change the perception of the same space.
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| a very bad photo montage to show the difference |
Just to quote an artist that I really like and respect: "I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form. (Anish Kapoor)". I discovered Anish Kapoor's work while watching a show on TV about his exhibition at the Royal academy. During his interview he said that he wasn't doing art to shock but because he enjoyed making beautiful objects...those words made me look at his work.
Anish Kapoor is right , being a sculptor is not only about understanding forms, it is also about understanding the space.It could be the space that the sculpture occupy, the space created by a sculpture, the feeling of a space created by a sculpture or even the feeling created by a sculpture in a space....
I can just imagine that the effect of a large group of the similar sculpture in one room would have a very different effect than a single, tiny little sculpture on a very tall plinth in the middle of a huge room!
Thursday, 21 October 2010
the new challenge: 100 days in the unknown! Day 32
Busy day today! half the day at the foundry..
anyway, I have been working on miniatures works this morning just to try to help me progressing some of my sketches....ongoing works
anyway, I have been working on miniatures works this morning just to try to help me progressing some of my sketches....ongoing works
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| maquette for "Angel", about 10cm high |
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
the new challenge: 100 days in the unknown! Day 31-I am back!
I am back!!
yesterday, I had some training ( that I book for a while back) and that gave me the boost I needed so hopefully I am back.
I have completed this little clay
yesterday, I had some training ( that I book for a while back) and that gave me the boost I needed so hopefully I am back.
I have completed this little clay
Also did rework a bit a sketch. The piece Horse and amazon is too short and I think It would be so much better much higher, like a cathedral.
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