Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Monday, 5 August 2013
Facial sculptures...
from toilet paper roll.. Proves yet again. CREATIVITY is the ability to see possibilities in everyday items.
Source : http://www.icreatived.com/
Monday, 18 January 2010
Be a WIRE BENDER!!
COME EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY !!!
Are you a painter? A potter? A designer? Try a new medium!
You can't paint, you can't draw? but you can bend wire?
BE A WIRE BENDER
Date : 23 January, 2010
Venue : Laman Budaya Rakyat
- ACG's booth (under invitation from National Art Gallery)
Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
Time : 4.30-10.30pm
Anyone can come & participate --
We supply the Inspiration & wire
... You supply the Creativity & camarderie!
This will be the FIRST COLLABORATION of members for 2010, new & old, prospective or just curious visitors...
These are some of the wire sculptures found on two websites :
These are some ideas to get you started : (NOT to be copied, but INSPIRED)
DO IT AT HOME & BRING IT
or COME & DO YOUR WORK AMONG FELLOW ARTISTS
If u o prefer tyo make something utilitarian (that you can use),
try making a bookmark, placecard holder, bunga telur 'basket'
BTW wanna try to do a WIRE KETUPAT???
These are some of my experimentation:
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Exploring a piece of wire
A piece of wire ----
... useful & ordinary... and often overlooked as a medium for creative art work - WIRE SCULPTURE
DEFINITION
Elizabeth Berrien, godmother of modern wire sculpture movement defines WIRE SCULPTURE as "any art made from wire.... There are no rules, no limits, no boundaries. Just as there are infinite variations in the way an artist may create a pen-and-ink drawing of any subject in any style, there are unlimited opportunities for wire sculptors to explore and innovate. Wire sculpture as a medium presents a vast, challenging frontier, wide open for exploration and discovery." http://www.wirelady.com/
"Cloud Princess", intricately hand-twisted wire illustration by Elizabeth Berrien,
"Cloud Princess", intricately hand-twisted wire illustration by Elizabeth Berrien, CONCEPT
Some artists, Angela Hook have a preference for using a single strand to create 3-dimensional figurines. http://www.wireinspire.com/
"One of the big things I had to learn was to let the wire bend the way it wanted to, if that was at all possible within my designs. You will find that the more you mess with a piece of wire, the less it is willing to cooperate with you!
So, rather than overworking the wire, I have trained myself to work slow and steady, and have learned to respect the natural tendancies of a roll of wire. Making the right bend the first time is far more desirable than trying to correct the direction of the wire later.
"I see my work as 'linear sculpture'... it's like drawing without taking your pencil off the paper... only in three dimensions." The continuous line is very important. That is what helps the viewer's mind to fill in what is not there. It's a very elegant way of asking the audience to participate in the art, to finish the picture."
GREEN?
Using wire to create sculptures is the most greenest (eco-friendly) way of using metal in art. Elizabeth Berrien's airy, openwork sculptures use only 1% of material of solid metal art.
If we think of it, wire just surrounds the air and defines the shape. So a WIRE SCULPTURE IS actually 99% AIR%. Elizabeth uses recycled steel, copper or aluminum wire and hand-twist and weave lace-like creations. which is a low-tech method, that does not use welding torches that often releases chemical emissions.
TYPE OF WIRE
This includes any kind of wire - hardware store bought wire, found/discarded wire, chicken coop wire, wire meshes, even colourful wire pipe cleaners.
FORMS
Sculptures can be 2-D or 3-D.
2-D 
3-D
Made from a single strand of copper wire! Brass, copper & silver wire is commonly used in jewellery-making, wrapping semi-precious stones & combined with beads.
Saturday, 20 June 2009
The New Acropolis Museum, Athens
I am so envious! - a friend is going to Athens for a week - to visit the new Acropolis Museum which opened with a big, lavish party yesterday.
New Acropolis Museum, by day. Notice The Parthenon way in the back, at the top of the hill.This museum replaces the old, crowded 1874 museum next to the Parthenon. It boasts of 226,000 square feet of glass & concrete and was designed by the French-Swiss architect, Bernard Tschumi, based in New York. It has 5 floors and enough room for 4,000 artifacts.
But to a casual eye like me, the building looked stark & unimpressive.. but I am happy to be proven wrong by these rehearsal night views of the building :
Ancient figures are projected onto the wall of the new Acropolis museum as people take photographs in Athens on Friday, June 19, 2009.
Beautiful? Wait till you see the inside -
"We tried ... to be as simple, as clear, as precise as we could be establishing a visual relation between the Parthenon, the museum with the beautiful sculptures and with the archaeological remnants," said the building's designer, Bernard Tschumi.
On the first level, a glass floor offers visitors close-up views of an early Christian settlement, dating from the 7th to 12th centuries, that was discovered under part of the future building’s footprint during excavations in 2002. The second floor, reached by a glass ramp, features a rich trove of free-standing objects from the archaic and classical periods.
On the third & fourth floor, is a glassy gallery. Rotated 23 degrees off the axis of the lower floors to parallel the Parthenon itself, this rectangular glass enclosure feels dramatically different from the rest of the museum.
This gallery holds the remains of the original Parthenon sculptures and marble frieze. Fragments of sculptures & 79 out of 115 panels of Parthenon's marble frieze were 'taken' (see Controversies - The Past) to London by Lord Elgin 200 years ago and now 'resides' in the British Museum.
Parts of the 'taken' sculptures were copied, casted in plaster and placed beside the original honey coloured marble - thus making a calculated & strong protest statement! “We wanted it this way,” said Dimitris Pandermalis, the museum’s director. “Who will fail to notice that a torso is here and a head in England?”
At the opening ceremony of the new Acropolis Museum, foreign dignitaries & officials were present but the British government officials were conspicuiously missing!
Controversies ! The Present
The museum was supposed to be completed & opened during the Athens Olympics but was locked in legal battles for years, related to the 25 buildings that were to be demolished to make way for the massive building. Even til now, many are not happy with its location - wedged among Neo-classical buildings & ultra modern apartment blocks in a middle-class residential area. Nikos Dimou, a prominent Greek author laments, "It is as if a titanic U.F.O. landed in the neighborhood, obliterating all of its surrounding structures”
Controversies ! The Past
The 'taken' frieze & sculptures were nicknamed 'Elgin Marbles'. Lord Elgin, a British diplomat originally brought in artists to make sketches, take measurements, make molds & plaster casts of Partenon's treasures to send back to London as a way of preserving & appreciating Greek art, considered the purest form of art. But he found that it was relatively easy to acquire the real pieces from Turkish officials (in power at that time). His purpose, many argued, was noble - to rescue Greek artifacts from pilferation by parties who do not realise its artistic & historical value. It is said that people were grinding up the sculptures for its lime content. Many considered him a thief, stealing Greek's national treasures..
For more of this saga, check out Matt Barrett's :
Barrett's suggestion (2002) - "Lord Elgin's intent was to make molds and drawings of the great works of the ancient Greeks, to bring back to England. Instead he brought back the originals. So make the drawings and the molds and send the marbles home. They have been in England long enough and for those visiting the museum I think copies will suffice. If people want to see the real thing they can come to Athens. "
And now they have a brand new home to come back to !
CONGRATULATIONS on the OPENING of the NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Marzipan Babies - Real or Hoax??
We have been constantly advised- "What you see on the net or in forwarded emails MAY very well be false". So I suggest that before you spam your friends with some 'unbelievable', juicy emails, do some checking. You can easily 'google' it!A case in point. I received a forwarded email entitled 'Marzipan Babies' and was amazed by the technique, detailing and material supposedly used. The email asks "Would anyone eat these?" (as marzipan is an edible form of cake decoration). I googled 'Marzipan Babies' and was immediately acquainted with the artist, Camille Allen and her miniature doll & baby sculptures fashioned from clay, and NOT MARZIPAN!! She is very much aware of this hoax. So, luckily I checked my sources, or else it would have been RED FACES all around.
If you come across what might look too unbelievable, check it out in Snopes.com ("Rumor Has it", is their tagline. It lists all kinds of Urban Legends, stories that may or may not have started out as truths but were exaggerated into a modern legends and also includes "fallacies, misinformation, old wives' tales, strange news stories, rumors, celebrity gossip, and similar items". http://www.snopes.com/info/faq.asp
Friday, 3 October 2008
Welcome to Bruno's Art & Sculpture Garden.
This is my MOST FAVOURITE wooden sculpture. See how the head is carved into the existing tree bark!
A friend emailed a Powerpoint presentation to me and I was blown over -- such whimsical, yet endearing treatment of the artist's subject matter, the blending of nature with humanistic figures, full of expression. Walking through the garden, pulling back the shrubbery, the branches, you feel like you have stumbled upon a whole new world - you feel that you are eaves-dropping!(Hypotheically speaking - lah... cos I've yet to visit this wonderful place! Ha Ha..)
"Hidden amongst the trees of the small Victorian village of Marysville is a world full of fantasy, beauty and humour. Surrounded by the magical rainforest setting, Bruno Torfs has created one of the world's most unique and deeply inspiring experiences for art and garden lovers of all ages."
About the artist: (taken from http://www.brunosart/)
"Bruno Torfs was born in South America and lived there with his family till the age of fifteen. At this point the whole family made the move to Europe in seek of new opportunities. After training and working as a sign writer Bruno made a gradual transition to become a fulltime artist.
Through his diverse talents and a spirit for adventure Bruno created a unique style full of culture and character. This was achieved through many trips around the world, both alone and with his wife Marleen. Sketching the scenes and faces of his journeys allowed Bruno to return home and make oil painting and sculpture versions of his experiences. These artworks would then be sold in a series of annual exhibitions hosted in the lower levels of the family home.
After several years of this lifestyle, Bruno and the family made a decision to pack up and move to Australia to create a sculpture garden that he would run as a permanent attraction. The family arrived in Melbourne and shortly after had found the perfect place in the small Victorian village of Marysville. The luscious sub-alpine forests of the surrounding area were the ideal setting for Bruno's plan and luckily the property he purchased he a large section of rain forest attached.
After five months of backbreaking work Bruno's art and sculpture garden was opened to the public. Also on the property was a gallery that housed over 200 of his artworks brought over from Europe that included oil paintings, sketches and smaller sculptures.
The garden began with just fifteen life sizes terracotta sculptures, today there are over one hundred and fifteen pieces on display and Bruno is still making regular additions. The unique experience of the garden and its wondrous inhabitants attracts thousands of visitors a year. Bruno and the family still live there and always take great pleasure in being able to share their magnificent art treasure with all that come. "
If you are planning a trip to Melbourne, Australia, you should add this to your itinerary. Its 95 km from Melbourne. Location map : http://www.brunosart.com/location.htm
On a personal note,
I am sad that one of my cousins, who I have only recently become close to is leaving for Melbourne for good. I hope she has time to visit Bruno's garden once she has settled down. But as technology is great, I'm sure we can still keep in contact, electronically..
So until we physically meet again, Bon Voyage, S.H & family. All the best in your chosen path!
So until we physically meet again, Bon Voyage, S.H & family. All the best in your chosen path! (Photo of 2 generations of Chinese & Malay cousins, during our annual Hari Raya Open House @ Aunt R's - posing in front of our Malaysian flag )
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