I (Steve) have been interested in sculpture all my life. When I was a kid I made models out of plasticine and pipe cleaners. I was never really interested in things like airfix kits, only stuff envisaged and made from raw materials. At the age of 16, in 1967, I went to Art School for a year. Apart from temporarily losing what faith I had in my ability, the main thing I got out of it was the joy of working in three dimensions and with printing techniques.
I made an occasional something over the years, out of wood, play dough, sand or snow, some more realistic, some abstract. A weekend course at the Sculpture Lounge rekindled my interest in metal sculpture and I’ve become steadily more involved with it. The first thing I made was a mobius strip based sculpture and several of the works below in the same weekend. I’ve been adding to the collection and have been getting the odd request. This year I decided to make a butterfly for someone and in the process Ruth requested one for our garden at the same time.
As a result of the popularity of these attempts, I recently I hired extra time in the studio to try to bring about a vision I had for a host of butterflies. I added Comma to the original Ringlet. These are popular so I will make some more.
Here are some more examples.
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This week I installed a sculpture paying homage to birds and butterflies at Stirley Farm, a charity project showcasing organic gardening and protection and encouragement of wildlife. The same week a friend asked if she could have one of my Paths of Desire series that depicts the effect of immoral and selfish overuse of cars on everything from the soil to wildlife and us. I’ve donated the sculpture and, as usual, the full sale cost of the other artwork goes straight to a charity, bypassing me. A week with smiles in it.
