Sometimes a sculpture is just a sculpture.
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Artworking: February 2017 studio
Studio work work work process
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'Inscapes' body masks and assemblages process booklet
The following slides are from the booklet I put together to accompany my exhibition "Inscapes" at The Lost Ones Gallery in 2016
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Et In Arcadia Ego (Wiseman's Lament) 2016. Pastels, acrylic & oil paint; polyurethane varnish; gilded 2mm plastic tubing on canvas. 1.7 x 1.9m
INSCAPES Media release
The exhibition title refers to the works themselves, which are an interpretation of Perl’s inner landscape; a private space inhabited by her thoughts, dreams, memories and emotions. As a series, the works explore universal themes such as loss, grief, faith, nostalgia and beauty.
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Unmasking: memory and transience
New work. "The body mask; a sculpturally elegant, totemic, vessel-like form. Speaking of the masks that define and protect us. Viewers engage with the work, creating meaning, through their own associations and memories." True or false? You be the judge...
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Companion Piece 1. From the Body Mask Series 2015
Assemblages that go together
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The Changing Room. From The Body Mask Series 2015
I have my studio and my laptop and from here I can make anything. It's an irony not lost on me that our enforced confinement within this house has also been the greatest & most profound and sustained period of creative freedom I've ever known.
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Feb/March/2015: recent work & the body mask
From one encounter, years ago, with an image in a book published decades before, a documentary about mid 20th century Papua New Guinea, I became fascinated by the concept of one particular kind of mask.
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Mini sculpture gallery; chapter 4: diorama/gallery/backdrop/display/set
Time to bring all the bits I've made together: the diorama/gallery style displays and the maquette/mini sculptures. Results!
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Mini sculpture gallery; chapter 3: mini timber sculptures
THIS chapter is about making the jolly little balsa wood sculpture pieces to inhabit my dioramas. And this is a really interesting chapter too.
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Mini sculpture gallery; chapter 2: dioramas
Dioramas are uncharted territory for me, but from the beginning of my research for this project, I've been amazed at the creative possibilities of this whole subject and amazed that I haven't investigated it before. There is so much in this!
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Mini sculpture gallery; making maquettes & diorama project
Maquettes - models of sculptures - are great. Mini sculptures, what's not to love?
I have this idea to make mini sculpture galleries. I'll tell you all about it, just look at the pretty pictures below and read on. It's really interesting, promise! ...
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MLIMP. A work in progress...
My Little I. M. Pei - customised MLP!
Still in progress of this series of three customised My Little Pony, is My Little I. M. Pei.
He is bald, of course, but wears a natty suit & signature glasses.
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My Little Pony Projects: customised MLP!
My Little Pony. Sure you know it!
Making a customised pony? Oh yeah.
...It's a whole sub-culture out there people, do try & keep up.
See, as I'm a model-maker/sculptor at heart, this project was an irresistible lure as I found myself embroiled in Pony-world via two unexpected sources...
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Paper Dolls: the stylish gift. Part 1, making the presentation folders
Paper Dolls in stylish folders, containing the doll on a folding stand as well as all their clothes! Many designer outfits! Yay!
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