Entries tagged with "Sculpture"
Artist
Pearl Davies
After a career teaching and examining French, I decided to explore my creative potential. Following a Foundation Course in art, a Btec HND at NEWI and an Honours Degree in Ceramics from Wolverhampton University, I established my own full time workshop in Chester in 1993. I make one-off pieces for exhibition and sale directly to individuals. I have been selected by the Craft Potters’ Association and other prestigious groups for their exclusive shows and exhibit widely.
I find my inspiration in the colours and textures of nature, synthesising my sources into an organic but abstract form. I am concerned above all with the cycles of erosion and decay of matter matched by the birth and regrowth of new life. I find a personal satisfaction in manipulating clay and natural minerals to recreate a different and enduring form of nature, conveying the continual movement of change and the fragile balance and timelessness of the world about us. I hope that my pieces may evoke in others a deeper and personal response.
Each piece is individually hand built by me from a variety of stoneware clays using few if any tools. The glazes are the results of continuous experimentation over time. My work is high-fired in gas reduction and vitrified, suitable therefore for indoor or outdoor use. It is multi-glazed to achieve the colours and textures needed to complement the organic and twisting or eroded forms. These resolve themselves as wall pieces or as free-standing sculptures which may be placed in a variety of positions to give changing views.
Artist
Lorna Green
I am a sculptor and environmental artist whose main interest over is in Art in Public Places. I have worked throughout the U.K. as well as overseas in both urban and rural landscapes, indoors and outdoors and have made sculptures which have been both permanent and temporary. My sculpture is site specific in that it relates totally to the site taking into consideration the architecture, the landscape, the history, economy, ecology or mythology of the area. I use a wide variety of materials relevant to the project – wood, stone, bricks, steel, bronze, planting, rope, sand, water, glass, light, plastics, even feathers, silk flowers and drinks cans, and snow, etc. and enjoy working on both large and small scale.
Artist
Caroline Gregson
With a background in traditional basketmaking and a real passion for willow, I am driven to design and make art which challenges pre-conceptions about basketry. Commissions are always welcome.
Artist
Angela Munslow
Angela Munslow is an accomplished Sculptor and Painter. Since finishing studies in figurative sculpture in 1992 she has been a professional artist, working on commissions, public and garden sculpture, work for interior design and galleries, portraiture, giftware, trophies and reliefs. Exhibiting widely in the UK , her work can also be found in private collections in Europe and Worldwide.
Drawing from the figure is a necessary discipline for all artists especially figurative artists, so my portraits and paintings are an extension of this.
Most of my paintings are initially executed in one sitting, of up to four hours from the model, and then they can be worked on again later. By working quickly I hope to keep my work fresh.
Although most of my subject matter is figurative, I have painted most subjects including landscapes, animals, and flowers.
I love colour and have drawn and painted in most mediums- oils, watercolour, acrylics, pastels, crayon, conté, charcoal.
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Sandra Christie
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Su Hurrell
My practice draws its inspiration from the relationship mankind has with the environment and the complete systems that we depend on. Current practice has taken me on an investigation of A Matter of Life and Death; using garden environs as test beds, I am exploring the complex systems and life cycles that occur in nature and that we as a species depend on. This has taken me into experiments with permaculture, sustainability and seed saving.
With a background in landscape design, I am also interested in how mapping and recording our environment contributes to our attitude to the environment around us. I am specifically interested in artists’ gardens as metaphors for environmental issues and the boundaries between art and horticultural worlds, with a view to exploring sensual engagement both in the act of creating and experiencing gardens.
Artist
Tracy Hill
I am a visual artist living and working in the North west of England . I currently work as a Senior Printmaking Technician and co-leader of Artlab Contemporary Print Studios at the University of Central Lancashire. My continued research into alternative acrylic based printmaking has led me to undertake research with The Bluecoat in Liverpool as well as initiating several collaborative exhibitions and research projects between other International printmaking studios.
In 2010 I completed a residency at The Centre of Contemporary Art in Preston and the resulting works were shown over a 4 week period. The Installation works from this residency were shown in the Liverpool Biennial at the Wolstenholme Creative Space, during the long night of the Museums.
During April 2011 I took part in the International residency programme at Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC, the resulting works will be shown in Washington DC in December 2011.
