25 March 15

ROCK GARDEN FOR RITUAL WITHOUT THE MYTH

I am thrilled to start this blog as finalist of the Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2015! Here I will be posting some "work in progress" images so you can see how Rock Garden is taking its shape....
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12 May 15

Thoughts become Things

It is exciting to see how my rock garden is growing… Six sculptures are ready and just a few more are on the way. Each rock is a journey: choosing rock, making cast, “reading” it’s form, creating visual lines, which stainless steel parts are following, rolling/bending metal, cutting rocks, inserting stainless steel and… finally seeing how materials working together and how thoughts become Things…

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05 May 15

Working at Mike Smith studio

When lots of sketches are done and all preparation and modelling work is behind it is time for most exciting part – actual process of making sculptures. The process starts from working on shapes of metal (polished stainless steel) parts, which shapes should correspond and follow the forms of the rocks.
For all metal works I am going to Mike Smith Studio, where I used to work on my sculptural works for a few years now. With help of Mike Smith and his assistants David and Martin, I cut, roll and bend sheets of metal in order to create smooth lines for reflective surfaces which will be installed in the rocks after…

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