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Photos from sculpture exhibition

Ashley — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:15:43 +0000

Here is a few photos from my Lost and Foundry exhibition at Williams Art Gallery in Cambridge. Where I am exhibiting metal sculpture and sculptural furniture created from recycled and scrap metal and objects.

Lost and Foundry Exhibition – Cambridge

Ashley — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:44:53 +0000

My exhibition titled Lost and Foundry will be held at the Williams Art Gallery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge and will feature sculpture and furniture all created from found objects and recycled materials.

New sculpture – Creature from the deep

Ashley — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:19:32 +0000

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.

Work in progress – Scrap Crankshaft table

Ashley — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:18:17 +0000

Here is a few pics of a experimental metal table created from scrap crankshafts, cogs, gears and metal offcuts.

“Just Read Your Tweet”

Ashley — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:11:47 +0000

My first new sculpture of 2010, made entirely from scrap metal including car parts and a scrap sash clamp. I really enjoyed making this sculpture and wanted to inject a bit of fun ‘comic strip humour’ into the work.

Work in progress

Ashley — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:03 +0000

Thought I would post some photos of work in progress – another sculpture made from recycled parts. These include a broken clamp, spanner, break drums and bearings:

Ashley arc welding a new metal sculpture

Cleaning the sculpture

In the sculpture studio

Ashley — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:41:38 +0000

Here is a few pics of engines being dismantled ready for cleaning up and then using in sculpture and contemporary sculptural furniture.

Dismantled Engines - More Ideas

Pistons

Recycled Engine Parts - Form Ideas

Engine Blocks - Many were ceased

Metal sculptures on show at Sculpture Garden

Ashley — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:45:33 +0000

I am delighted to announce that I have just put two of my metal sculptures on display at Haddenham Gallery Sculpture Garden. It is fantastic and interesting venue to display art and is well worth a visit. The sculpture garden has a whole range of work on display, by a diverce range of artists. In addition, there is a tea room, gift shop and two other galleries showing work from all round the world.

Trinity - metal sculpture, now on display at Haddenham Galleries

Scales of Balance - Balance of Scale

Self-portrait

Ashley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:52:15 +0000

The private view for the Cambridge Arts Movement self-portrait exhibition at Williams Gallery was great fun and very well received. The range of work from all the different artists is very exciting and many of the visitors were interested in how each artist approached the subject.

And I was very pleased with the very positive feedback I got from fellow artists and visitors. It has given a real drive to do more experimental work.

Recycled Art

Ashley — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:05:26 +0000

7 days - Recycled Art

I have started producing a new series of work titled ‘recycled art’. This involves buying discarded art (often for a few quid) from charity shops and then reworking them. I keep some of the original, either by following the original composition or keeping some of the original visible.