Custom Sculpture Commissions: How They Actually Work
Custom sculpture commissions arrive by three different routes, and which one you are on changes almost everything about how the work gets made. A private site, a city public art programme and a commercial space each start from a different question. What stays the same is that the site comes first and the object comes […]
Outdoor Sculpture Installation: Where to Place a Piece and How It Is Held Down
Outdoor sculpture installation comes down to three questions, in this order. What is behind it? How will it be held down? And can it physically get to the spot? Most people start with the third and work backwards, which is how a good piece ends up in a bad position. Start with the view, not […]
Upcycled Sculpture Art: How It Is Actually Made
Upcycled sculpture art is made by taking a discarded industrial object, a piece of farm equipment, a stack of tires, an old heating hood, and rebuilding it into a new form rather than melting it down for scrap. The object stays recognisable. In my studio the work runs from finding the piece, through cutting and […]