Adding texture to a piece for Heide Maker's Market
I like to add texture to some of my sculptures to highlight certain areas or provide contrast to the smoothly sanded areas. One of my favourite tools for this is the plaster rasp, which is great for shaping concave areas but also leaves an interesting grooved surface.
Demonstrating at MIFGS, March 2018
Demonstrating at MIFGS was great fun as usual, apart from getting rained out on Saturday morning. What could be better than working with a group of other artists in such a beautiful setting and talking to people interested in sculpture?
During the show I got started on a couple of sculptures, including a development of the idea from the piece "Connections". I have used geometric shapes similar to "Connections" but the front is not flat as it was in "Connections", giving the piece much more depth. This simple change creates a piece which is quite different. The photo below is still a work in progress.
During the show I got started on a couple of sculptures, including a development of the idea from the piece "Connections". I have used geometric shapes similar to "Connections" but the front is not flat as it was in "Connections", giving the piece much more depth. This simple change creates a piece which is quite different. The photo below is still a work in progress.
Creating the piece "Connections"
This is a new sculpture created for an exhibition at Edrington in Berwick. The inspiration was a photo of soap bubbles on the cover of my daughter's chemistry text book. This piece is more geometric than my normal work but I think still has an organic feel.
The process is similar for all of my limestone sculptures. I don't always work from a drawing or create a maquette but they were useful in this case because the sculpture is quite tall (1.3m). The maquette gives me confidence an idea will work and the proportions are correct before I start carving a large block. The drawing, maquette and final sculpture are not exactly the same, as the design develops as it progresses.
The process is similar for all of my limestone sculptures. I don't always work from a drawing or create a maquette but they were useful in this case because the sculpture is quite tall (1.3m). The maquette gives me confidence an idea will work and the proportions are correct before I start carving a large block. The drawing, maquette and final sculpture are not exactly the same, as the design develops as it progresses.
