LOOKING THROUGH

Bronze Sculpture

203 x 177 x 110 mm (excluding plinth)
228 x 179 x 179 mm (including plinth)
Limited Edition of 12

INSPIRATION

Looking through a landscape, and specifically trees in the Clent Hills in Worcester, gave rise to a series of photos, used to capture the depth of my view and the interplay between branches of the huge beech trees along my path.

In the studio, these images inspired a set of detailed drawings which became more and more abstract as I drew again and again.

From some of the final sketches I made, this abstract work was developed. Made from hard plasteline, it required the clay to be heated in a slow cooker to soften it for forming. The view, as one looks through the bronze, shows banks of soil and roots, giving rise to the curves of lined-up trunks and higher - their branches reaching skyward.

THE PROCESS