Patina, Provenance, Origins, and Techniques....
These two sculptures are available for purchase during September and October 2020.
Sales support the propagation of art and culture: 30% goes towards creating an artist residency, 10% will go to the Cornelius Arts Foundation.
The two sculptures available are 'Ghost' and 'Growth'. As well as having a remarkably strong visual presence, these works have an unusual construction technique and journey.
If you are interested in viewing the sculptures, you may contact the artist to arrange to see them.
These two sculptures are available for purchase during September and October 2020.
Sales support the propagation of art and culture: 30% goes towards creating an artist residency, 10% will go to the Cornelius Arts Foundation.
The two sculptures available are 'Ghost' and 'Growth'. As well as having a remarkably strong visual presence, these works have an unusual construction technique and journey.
If you are interested in viewing the sculptures, you may contact the artist to arrange to see them.
Ghost
The lightest sculpture you will ever touch. Strong, startling, and mystifying. The Ghost is 'life'-size and weighs only slightly more than air. It is truly ghost-like. Of complex construction, the sculpture stands tall, strong yet apparently delicate, with intricate form and translucency. For high resolution, download the image files
The purpose of offering these sculptures for sale... The title of this page is "Now and then and in between". These sculptures and their moments represent points in a journey, from then to now, with moments and learnings in between. I wish to develop my part of their journey into further propagation of art and culture by funding organisations I believe in, and by developing an artist residency to invite an artist to a location and work in an area which may bear some relation to the underlying principles of these works. Below is a photograph of a page of a letter I wrote to my father, which my sister found in part of my father's legacy. It describes quite well the intention to blend creation with action, which I wish to begin in a new way through offering these sculptures for sale, where they can continue their journey, and raise more stories. |
Growth
A tough, durable outdoor statement, with heritage from street art tours in London Shoreditch, a parish churchyard, and music and arts festivals. For high resolution, download image files 'Growth' was installed at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire. St Laurence's is the regional Parish Church. The installation was a collaboration between the Ludlow Art Society, Ludlow Fringe Festival, the Parish Church, and the artist.
At that point the sculpture was in plain earth (molehills) coating, without the later additions of street art paint and cave art handprints.
Size: 180 x 60 x 50 cm
Medium: Molehills. Wooden armature with stainless steel and galvanised wire. Fibreglass. Polyurethane paints (street art spraycans). Stainless steel fixings
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Urban and lane art, exhibitions, music and arts festivals. Technical sculpting method innovations using sustainable compounds and bio-based materials with lower environmental impact, and greater versatility than traditional sculpting techniques.
Urban and lane art, exhibitions, music and arts festivals. Technical sculpting method innovations using sustainable compounds and bio-based materials with lower environmental impact, and greater versatility than traditional sculpting techniques.
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