Some views

... of a 'brick' in the air - a broken 'brick's 'hull' drawn with wool and nylon. Pics I made a while ago; not easy to take images in a space that is crammed with 'stuff'...



In the meantime I have been 'drawing' another piece. And all these recent sculptures will be delivered to Cupola gallery in Sheffield tomorrow.

PS:  And ... I already hear them - all those voices concerned about dust and how to keep these sculptures clean. If I could I would make these pieces out of dust - like the dusty particles dancing in the sun. For now I'm just curious how the 'woolly drawings' will gain substance by gathering dust.

The uncommon of the common

This stone is so common, yet so special. A 'manshaped' clump of clay, probably broken and then washed by the sea. What remains is a smooth irregular shape without any symmetry whatsoever. It looks different from each and every angle. This was the challenge recently - see yesterday's post, in contrast to its predecessor.

A 'brick' in the air

'One to Three' from below [30cm]

A first snapshot of 'One to Three', a sculpture modelled on the brick in January's posts.

Taking images of this piece is a further task. While I try to capture what is barely visible - it really depends on the lighting - I realize that I'm reverting the process once more: Having mapped the 'real thing' I then remodelled it to its 'ethereal' 3-D version. Taking pictures means bouncing back to 2-D again.

PS:This sculpture has been sold.

'The real thing' from above [10cm]

small cosmos

The same brick as in the previous post, turned up side down and over again. Sketched and drawn on paper, tracing its shape further feels like discovering a small cosmos of its own.
PS: more here

Tracing

Tracing the shape of a brick, 10 cm wide. A smooth yet irregular shape, washed and transformed by the sea. Wrapped in paper and so I can trace its contour; then scanned.

Working @ Artlink

Since the very pleasant Private View on 27 July I've been working in Artlink's exhibition space to complete Shoal. Yesterday this piece has been finished.

Whenever I happen to visit this gallery on a windy day (and it's often windy up here in Hull) I feel like being 'blown' through that wide entrance door - it swings open magically - into the gallery space. It is this perception that led to the shape of 'Shoal'. The stones, donated by the public for Artlink's 30th anniversary, strive to trace the form of this air flow. The resulting shape resembles that of Spurn. Like the members of a society form groups and gather as family, friends (or fiends …) the donated stones are assembled by form, shape and character.

My first show in 2½ years after an involuntary break. Happy to be back again.

Thank you to all who made this exhibition possible, namely Jo and David; your help to install the work was very precious! Thanks for support to Stefan, Martin and Martin and all who donated stones. And last but not least, thank you to Kate and all who work at Artlink.

Shoal

Working for Artlink's 30th anniversary show (see Events). What has been on the horizon line for quite a while suddenly broke into reality.

Two pieces related to the Humber area will be on display. Seascape [Fr-Agile] will finally have a come back, in its home town of Hull(!). Shoal, a new installation, will be composed of stones donated by the public. It will be a work in progress into the first week(s) of the exhibition.