sculpture

sculpture, a photo by Rover's Eye on Flickr.

Some beautiful photographs of great sculpture from Flikr.

Miquel Aparici

Time for some more "hound art".

The elegant lines and patina of these various old pieces suit the subject so well.

Miquel Aparici's website contains many such characterful creatures in 3D and 2D.

I love to see artists bring inanimate objects to life. There's something special about seeing the potential in an object or a shape and using your imagination to create something new,

as does David Kemp . 

 Remember these hounds?.

I love the playfulness of these artists.



mostly ceramics

mostly ceramics, a photo by Rover's Eye on Flickr.

a few of my favourite things from flickr.

Ceramic Inspiration V&A

The V&A is a fabulous place.

In the ceramic section alone I must have spent two hours and now need to go back to focus on selected pieces and sketch. It is vast.

These first three pieces I love for their surface treatments. Beautifully balanced shape, colour, pattern fill and rhythmic lines.

Contrast of crystal glaze and matt black. Rust burning into edges. 

Thin dry white skin. The once soft clay now it's scars fixed.

This is an unusual piece to catch my eye. A simple doll. The movement from left to right of the potter's tool can still be seen. A lovely shape to hold. I can just imagine it being held and played with by a child. Could be a Goddess with other purposes but that's my theory.

As I struggle with 3D I think this appealed because I thought I might be able to manage a similarly simple object. We'll see.

Broomhill Sculpture

In the summer I visited Broomhill Sculpture Garden.

I do enjoy photographing sculpture as it stays still and you can often circle pieces to find interesting angles.

Yulia Podolska

Louise Gibson

A gentile setting in the grounds of "Broomhill Art Hotel" in North Devon. Quite a shock to turn a corner a come across this character and this scene.

 Mike Roles

Sorry I don't know the artist - made from plastic bottles.

Alain Kurylo

Hedgerow sculpture

Tessa Farmer

Tessa Farmer's work is incredible in its intricate detail. Evil skeletal "fairies" dominate, torture, murder and devour insects, birds and small mammals. She creates another world with gruesome materials.

Seen at Birminham's Waterhall Gallery -

 Art of Ideas, The Witching Hour.

I initially overlooked the glass case holding her sculpture but further into the room was her stop motion animation film in collaboration with Sean Daniels. Here is an extract.

Seeing these creatures come to life was amazing.

See more - Tessa Farmer

The village of Painswick in Gloucestershire is a real treat. In the heart of the Cotswolds it has winding lanes of adorable cottages but also grand stone houses. The church yard was a surprise!  

 There are supposed to be 99 of these clipped yew trees, but I didn't count.

 

Painswick is the home of Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen . At The Painswick Center you can see (and buy) their beautifully made ceramics, textiles, wood, basketry and jewellery. Members will also be showing at Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham 18-30th Nov. & at Frogmarsh Mill 27-28th Nov.

David Kemp - Hounds of Geevor

Whilst searching for something or other I came across these little chaps.





Made from the old work boots of Cornish tin miners.

David Kemp makes wonderfully humorous and thought provoking pieces from ... well junk, basically. Take a look at his website to see lots more work and be sure to watch the video to see the hounds' girlfriends - the "well heeled bitches". He has a disarming approach to the making of art. His work is approachable and appealing, at the same time loaded with ..... stuff.
Enjoy! 

Fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bjggctu3kw&feature=channel

As the autumn sets in it is good to remember fun things for damp days - damp not actually raining. I have a big bubblemaker somewhere - not as big as this of course. The film looks slowed down slightly enabling us to better see the pops and the quivering forms. This particular film chosen for Satie's music too.

Crucible

David Mach - Calvary Crucifixion

Eduardo Paolozzi RA - Vulcan

Leonard McComb RA - Young Man Standing

Lynn Chadwick RA - Teddy Boy and Girl

Jon Buck - Dove

Blunderbird Moa Bike - Joe Rush

Just a few of the sculptures in the wonderful "Crucible" at Gloucester Cathedral. Thank you to Sue Brown for the tip. The exhibition is extensive and spread throughout the cathedral, inside and out. I'm sure I missed some pieces but there was just so much to see it needed a couple of hours at least. Cathedrals are for people to congregate and on Saturday there was a real buzz. I gasped more than once to see children clambering over some of the pieces and watched a teenager sitting on one of Peter Randall-Page's boulders, idly rocking it backwards and forwards. The artist probably expected such treatment but I do hope the boy had at least looked at the piece. I may well go back again but, hopefully, for some quiet contemplation next time, there are plenty of spots designed for just that.

Lynn Chadwick RA - Cloaked Figure

Blessed with sunshine I also walked around the dock area and came across the Arts & Crafts Centre. 

A great place for gift shopping, such as Kath Cooper's  ceramics and it sounds as if some of the artists will be offering workshops and classes. Lucky Gloucester to have such venues.

Heather Knight Organic Pots

Heather Knight's ceramics look as if they've been vacated by sea creatures.

Dry patterned exteriors, smooth, glossy interiors.