Rose Standing
I am exceptionally fortunate to have been allowed to make this attempt to capture the hesitant beauty of my most treasured adolescent model.
Portuguese Limestone
15d x 23w x 59 cm high
Created 2000
Cat. No. 545
Paul MartinSCULPTOR |
An artist is not a special kind of
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Sculpting the human figure, I have discovered, is an intensely rewarding act of creation, inducing a meditative calm and guilt-free delight in life; an active enjoyment of being me - doing something that I like to do immensely. I am so glad to have discovered it before it was too late. After the initial fizz of excitement on making my first figures from clay, I have slowly unravelled just some of the mysteries of what shape human bodies are, and where the keys to their beauty are hidden. One day I hope to have learnt enough to be able to show in the work sensuality, grace, age, youth, loveliness and sexuality, in a more abstracted, less literal, form. |
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Rose StandingI am exceptionally fortunate to have been allowed to make this attempt to capture the hesitant beauty of my most treasured adolescent model. Portuguese Limestone Created 2000 Cat. No. 545 |
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Pregnant Torso IIVersion I of this piece started as an idea for a carving from a very large piece of marble, and worked well at this scale. Polyphant Created 2000 Cat. No. 537 |
Father & BabyThe form of this figure is dictated by its manufacture from sheet metal pieces which are generally curved in only one plane. The hard angular edges provide its masculinity. Welded sheet bronze Created 2001 Cat. No. 570 |
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Reclining CoupleAn exercise in abstraction - Moore's influence clearly visible. Polyphant 19d x 41w x 19 cm high Created 1999 - Cat. No. 544 |
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Mother and ChildIt took a long time to carve from this very tough, strong and forgiving limestone. Independantly two friends modelled, starting me off on a series of pregnant studies. Portuguese Limestone Created 1998. Cat. No. 377 |
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Girl With ThornShe sits in the sunshine outside our kitchen french windows amongst the pots of flowering shrubs and herbs in a very peaceful way, concentrating on her task. Portland Stone |
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Running ManMy first experiment with welded metal sheet, a technique to achieve a life-size figure light and strong enough to reach beyond its point of balance. He is made from about 250 bits of 1mm steel beaten, bent and welded onto a wire skeleton. The oxide patina was made with oil and a big flame. I used myself as the model. Mild Steel 70d x 105w x 200 cm high Created 1996 Cat. No. 562 |
The KissA deep relief carving, it is best seen against a wall at eye-height. Polyphant Created 1996 - Cat. No. 544 |
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Woman KneelingA female form expressed within the rigid confines of a rectangular block. Polyphant Created 1999 Cat. No. 511 |
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Man HunchedThis figure has withdrawn from our company and is deep in his own calm and still world, almost as if in a bubble. Bath Stone |
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GoddessInspired by the figures from the Cyclades (2600 to 2400BC) my wife makes goddesses in silver for her necklaces. An off-cut from a piece of alabaster turned into this to keep them company. Alabaster 0.8d x 3w x 6.5 cm high Created 2000 Cat. No. 998 |
Links to Other Works in the CollectionOther works of sculpture in the collection have erect male genitalia, or portray explicit sexual activity and might cause offence: Therefore, they are not shown on this page but can be accessed using the links below. ANYBODY WHO IS UNDER 18, OR MIGHT BE OFFENDED BY SUCH IMAGES SHOULD NOT OPEN THE FOLLOWING LINKS | |
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Clay figures of a man and a woman. Stone carving of a man and a woman. Clay figure of a man. Stone carving in the shape of a phallus. Stone carving of a man and a woman. Stone carving of a man squatting. Stone carving of a man sitting. Clay figures of a man and a woman. Bas relief stone carving. Clay figure of a man sitting. | |
