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Whilst public footfall was greater at the weekend, in terms of promoting communication and interaction amongst sculptors, many members told me that they found this quieter time discussing each other’s work invaluable in finding out about other media and exchanging ideas to push their own practice forward.
As a fellow sculptor, it is fascinating watching an artist using different media to those with which you would normally work, to achieve similar goals….and even to identify how the base layer of what you are seeing eventually turns into the exhibition-ready specimens which surround you in the gallery setting. Plenty of food for thought provided!
Lamb-Valentin Dodica
Cracked Pumpkin - Steve Bicknell
Nashi - Veda Hallowes
Art in Action
During our weekday sessions, we invited our exhibiting members to come along and use the glorious setting of the Landmark Arts Centre as their studio for the day.
They worked on a wide variety of sculpture whilst there: from making “sketches” of the human body using wire armature and wax, to sculpting directly with wire; from sculpting with clay to building 3D flower installations in wood and outdoor paints. Each artist whilst working away, would chat to the public and other sculptors about their work, their methods of making and ways of working.