January's harvest

Japanese anemone seed heads gathered at the end of January - studio pics.
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Un rien

un rien: a touch, a shade, a tiny bit
rien: nothing, (in questions) anything(!)

It is hard to capture the subtleness of this piece, light and the third dimension - or your own motion around the object - are soo vital. Yet here are some pics - click thumbs.

115mm x 183mm x 150cm
Nylon, wool, acrylic glass

more on seeds

<< The dried remainders of the broad beans we grew this summer - and hidden within:  pink-black seeds.

The seed-head above - I found it recently while weeding one of our flowerbeds. No clue what it is though. It's about 3cm wide. Maybe next year, we'll find out what's hiding within...

Curators on sculpture today

An article by Katia David on sculpture network:

To mark its 10-year anniversary, sculpture network started 2014 by publishing curators' thoughts on sculpture being made in Europe today. An international jury composed by, Luis Chillida (ES), Judith Collins (UK), Florian Matzner (DE) and Oliver Wick (CH), selected the texts.

This month you can read Katia David's (Germany) ideas and see images of artists who illustrate them. [...] Read on in english or in german.



from top left:
Gisela von Bruchhausen, Concento Spaziale, 2012
Rainer Fest, Transformation, 2013 (above)
Sabine J Bieli, Orbit (left)

photos: Bert Herden

Echo (learning to fly)

Drawing of a winged shape and its dotted mirror image (studio pics). Currently shown at Cupola gallery in Sheffield together with some ink drawings until 10 January 2015.

materials: fine wool thread, nylon, acrylic glass
dimensions: 150cm x 12.5cm x 18.5cm (h x d x w)

Echo [learning to fly] @ Cupola

Two suspended white 3-d pieces and four ink drawings are included in Cupola's next show.

Preview: 28 November 19:30
Exhibition dates: 29 November - 10 January 2015

Cupola Gallery, 178-178a Middlewood Road, S6 1TD Sheffield

Opening times:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sundays: 12 - 4pm - Now until Christmas day.
Late Night Opening: Thursday December 11 and 18 until 8pm

Ink drawings

Pen on paper - writing without words.
While the white 3-D drawings need careful drafting and planning I don't know beforehand what will come out when I set pen on paper. It's just the impulse of hand and fingers and the flow of ink that direct the drawing. Quite meditative and a good contrast, not only colourwise, to the 3-D pieces I'm about to make.

Veg

Structures and colours found in the kitchen. Find more images here

Cell

Another 'drawing' in white, Cell, a 'ball' hovering in mid-air, slightly curling up and sliced on one side. 19cm wide. Find more images in this album.

Oval reflection

Oval reflection is on its way to Sweden. It is a piece similar to Globe. Yet instead of screen printed the silk threads are cyanotyped and then processed with sunlight.

Dimensions: 17.5cm x 34cm x 14cm

Find more images here. [www.facebook.com/sabinej.bieli]

light & matter

These images are by-products of work in progress; more images in the album light reflections on f-b.

Seedheads

Tuesday, 29 July's post updated

Captured in the garden, the seed head of an opium poppy and seeds of a wildflower (?), pitch black and about 3-4mm wide. The flowers of May and June go to seed.

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