Just spent two days in London visiting the Barbara Hepworth at the Tate and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Joseph Cornell was at the RA too.
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Summer (Exhibition) in the City
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Had a lousy few days
OK here goes. It’s been a while since I last wrote but I’ve been busy all the same. My sculpting activities have been very repetitive and sometimes tedious but I am getting to the end of a stage. So much so that I’ve decided to start thinking about a third sculpture.
rollercoaster rides
I’m calling this the roller coaster. I made it this week as one of the many steps towards constructing my skeleton sculpture.
birds and bees
Had a bit of fun on my Fine Art course by fabricating an interview with a mythical art magazine. This was written some time ago. Some of the opinions I still hold about art in general. Some I’ve changed my mind about.
Bee (2009)
Gaudi, Gehry and outrageousness
Spent another day in the workshop working on the details of the first two sculptures.
Just needed to return to my favourite architects today.
Frank Gehry’s fish building in Barcelona
Boats from an artist’s perspective.
There are many attractive things about sailing and the sea but looking at boats through a sculptor’s eye is definitely one of them. I was thinking about curves the other day because one of the inspiring thing about boats, especially traditional ones, is that they are made up of beautiful curves. Why is this so?
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