Comments (0) My family and I visited the Sculpture in the Sanctuary exhibition on the opening Saturday. Pity there was no private view but still it was good to see so many people enjoying the many artworks – The exhibition webstite now has sculpture slideshow.
I took a few snaps of Vidente and Out of the blue sculptures:
You can visit the Swan Sanctuary at:
Reg Taylors Garden Centre Hill Farm Nurseries,
Normanton,
Southwell,
Notts,
NG25 0PR
Sculpture in the Sanctuary 2011 opens Saturday the 23rd July. And I will be there tomorrow to see all the amazing and varied work the artists have submitted to the exhibition. The Sanctuary is the perfect backdrop to the sculptures and of course I am interested to see how my work is displayed: I have submitted six sculptures and one sculptural chair.
Sculpture in the Sanctuary 2011
I have just completed a new metal sculpture titled ‘Out of the blue’ and it is another artwork created from steel tubing and metal boules. I chose the title as; the idea did literally come out of the blue, it is painted with a range of blues and I am a big fan of blues and rhythm ‘n’ blues music.
Vidente is a sculpture created from recycled steel tubing and pétanque balls. Part of the process is to rebend the tubing to create my desired shapes and lines – as if drawing in space. I am constantly checking the sculpture from different angles making sure it works visually from many viewpoints. Added to this, the time of day or season will change how the sculpture reacts with the surroundings. And to enhance this the steel tubing has been carefully cleaned with fibre pads to a shiny reflective surface that has been protected with a hard wearing baked on clear lacquer. Finally, the chrome finish of the boules create another level of reflection.
The name Vidente that means ’seer’ in Spanish and the adjectives are ’seeing’ and ‘clairvoyant. If type Vidente in Google Images you will see many images of Clairvoyants with their crystal balls that reminded me of the shiny boules. And of course the reflective surface of the sculpture is all about seeing.
Below is a picture of the sculpture just after fabrication and before it was cleaned and sprayed:
I am delighted to announce that I will displaying a number of my metal sculptures in the Sculpture in the Sanctuary 2011. The ‘Sculptural Showcase & Extravaganza’ runs from 23rd July – 29th August 2011.
To find out more visit http://www.sculptureinthesanctuary.co.uk/
Fen Roots is a sculpture commissioned by Wetherspoons pub chain for a new pub opening in the fen town March. The new pub ‘The Hippodrome’ used to be a cinema and is a lovely building with loads of character.
The sculpture is really a continuation of my Fenland Series. In fact, I lived in the Fenland town March for five years and enjoyed many walks through Gault Wood and Norwood Road nature reserve. And this sculpture is inspired by the overgrown areas, the gnarled trees and old roots. Most of all I enjoyed the new growth of spring.
The sculpture is Created from recycled steel tubing and metal pétanque balls. The bare metal finish is lacquered and waxed.
The Ridger is a mythical bird that, as legend would have it, hunted mercilessly for the potato.
The metal sculpture is created from farm implements; the tail is an old potato fork, the wings are skimmer points from a plough and the head is a ridger for earthing up potatoes.
The title Pax Arva Colat means Let Peace Cultivate the Fields and is the motto of the World Ploughing Organization. The sculpture is created from plough shares.
“And everyone neath their vine and fig tree
shall live in peace and unafraid,
Everyone neath their vine and fig tree
shall live in peace and unafraid.
And into ploughshares beat their swords
Nations shall learn war no more.
And into ploughshares beat their swords
Nations shall learn war no more.”
From the song ‘The Vine and Fig Tree’
Hooked is wall hanging sculpture created from scrap collected from a farm barn. The meaning is in the name and I created this soon after an old school friend died from years of drug and achohol abuse.
I am so please with this sculpture as the finished work is exactly what I had in mind when I looked at my pile of scrap metal. And I had so much creating this sculpture – it is very tongue in cheek and is based on the weird and wonderful creatures that can be found in the deep parts of the oceans and that so fascinated me as a child.
For the paint finish, I used a range of car paints and many coats of lacquer.
Panorama theme by Themocracy
