Form-Finding

This Series is about the recognition that materials have creative powers of their own and entering into partnership with them; generating potential for form differentiation, nurturing the nascent gesture and letting it grow, liberating it. 

A similar principle to that of composer Morton Feldman; his sound-finding to this form-finding: "I feel that I listen to my sounds, and I do what they tell me, not what I tell them. Because I owe my life to these sounds".

Excerpt from my 18 August 2013 ropoBlog post - Form-Finding - introducing what has evolved into the Form-Finding Series: "I have been working on fine-tuning my technique for creating 3-dimensional, air- and light-filled forms straddling ceramics and sculpture, i.e. creating fired clay forms using ceramicist hand-building techniques whilst holding to sculpture's principles and language of form. I am combining the (Gutai inspired) principles of artist / material interactions with the concept of form finding, i.e. letting the form shape itself; working in partnership with the material, homing in on the properties and behaviour of the material - clay - and so calling form into existence."

Abstract Concrete-Maths Series  

About the Möbius and the Klein Bottle

Abstract sculpture exploring my fascination with these two mathematical shapes

Stone & Bronze

A selection of carved and cast work, some with the accompanying exhibition statement or blog entry.

These pieces have been exhibited in various group shows, open exhibitions and gardens in the UK, including

- Cork Street Open Exhibition

- Guildford Cathedral

- Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden

- RHS Wisley Garden

- Lewes Artwave Festival, Pelham House

- Brighton HOUSE Open Exhibition

- Brighton Artists Open Houses