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I am an artist printmaker working in the relief and intaglio processes, which include etching, carborundum and woodcut prints. My work is inspired by the subject of work/industry and I have made drawings in a wide variety of industrial locations which have included sewage pumping stations, a distillery, building sites and a bell foundry, etc. The...
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ConceptsI believe its important to vary the work I produce and the materials I use. Undertaking community and private commissions all over Wales inspiring people to contribute to the creation of artwork drawing inspiration from the natural world and its relationship to mythology.InfluencesCulture, Nature, Ancient cultures/MythsCareer...
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ConceptsMy work is experimental, utilising sound, movement and light. I frequently use electrical goods and household objects to construct various optical devices, including TV diffusion systems which create hypnotic streams of imagery. I use materials from the natural world often combined with domestic products to create a metaphysical...
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Concepts  I am interested primarily in lines and the patterns and spaces in between. Architecture offers a limitless variety of opportunities to create work based on linear descriptions. As an evolution from my earlier series of paintings concentrating on dilapidated East Anglian Barns, I have recently been inspired by other types of...
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Rowe is interested in the escapism that cinema gives to the audience.Pulling from a huge wealth of sources of popular culture and primarily, films from the 1980s; Rowe reconstructs his own versions of infamous props and scenes from these films.These handmade objects are painstakingly carved, sanded and cut from MDF (the only material Rowe allows...
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Concepts Public commissions: I spend a lot of time researching to gather information on which to base the piece. New materials and processes also present a challenge to work with. My work tends to have a graphic quality with clean lines and a minimalist feel. I like mixing materials whenever I can and often include text in a piece. ...
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My drawings show the unpolished sides of the individual, the conquests and the downfalls of everyday life. How femininity can sometimes be a little bit clumsy, and if you look at it as close as my drawings do, often a bit disturbing. I do this by using photographs of myself. My work enlarges the collision between unrealistic images of female...
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'My job is to see the full potential of a certain site or situation, to make new ideas spring to life, to re-engage people and wildlife with the land '.What excites me is the integration of art, science and innovation - to create landscapes which invite people to interact with them and which can change and develop over time.Inspiration...
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The gift of death, the gift of life The condition of life under late capitalism is often described as “precarious”: we hear references to precarious labour in the globalised market; a precarious future facing retirees, students and prospective house-buyers; the precarious lives of refugees and illegal immigrants. The political...
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ConceptsI incorporate metals, glass and plastics and for ecological and aesthetic reasons green (unseasoned) woods in my work. When creating sculptural compositions I quite often work intuitively even if I'm tied to a brief. Design is a wonderful tool but it can be restrictive at times. I work as a sculptor/public artist and applied artist,...
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Artist statement Following a career in commercial illustration (mainly children's picture books and educational work) and a move to southern France, I decided to realise an earlier intention of mine to pursue an interest in fine art by studying for an MA at UWIC in Cardiff. In the course of a year's full-time study, I became interested in...
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ConceptsMy work is an attempt to synthesise the visual and tactile world as I experience it. In the words of Elvis Costello: 'What shall we do with all this useless beauty?'A continual order of disorder and creating chaos in the midst of order at some level. InfluencesNature, paradox, tenacity. Career pathMy career path is a balancing act...
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ConceptsCommissioned furniture and furnishings for domestic and public areas. Contemporary design with historical references.Influencescontemporary, marquetryCareer pathAreas of work: Private commissionsPublic artVisual arts consultancyRadio/TV
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