Sulpture in Stone

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I have been making Sculpture in Stone since 2000.

As much as I enjoy the freedom of working in clay and constructions I invariably return to the restrictions of stone. The material itself so hard and cold can be transformed by a combination of cutting and rubbing, to take on the appearance of warm skin that belies its cold smoothness. It can be sensuous or brutal, intimate or monumental. It can be a hard mistress, unforgiving and often full of faults... I am a slave to it!

I have been drawing as long as I can remember...

First birds and animals then illustrations for children’s books followed by illustration for advertising and design companies in London, Middle East and Kent. Later, landscapes and images of the Middle East and Kent. Currently my drawing in pencil and ink washes / watercolour are from the life model / landscape and transcriptions from art historical sources. These drawings are usually done with the idea of using them in sculpture, sometimes the complete image but more often a detail, perhaps just a line that can be translated into stone.

 

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Word in Ear

“In order to make free
and universal art one
must be a God to
create it, a King to
control it and a slave
to make it.”

Brancusi