A Further Exploration of the Vertical Möbius

The second of the new verticals in the Möbius Series, unfired. Also part of my exploration of Verticality in sculpture. 44x21x10cm.              

An Exploration of the Vertical Möbius

Another addition to the Möbius Series, unfired - the first of two verticals and part of my exploration of Verticality in sculpture. 48x15x14cm.      

The Second Horizontal in the Form-Finding Series

Another addition to the Form-Finding Series - a tranquil horizontal; peaceful, serene, expansive. It takes me to the sea - the Belgian North Sea coast where I grew up - and reflects my present environment, the Ashdown Forest with its wide open-heathland horizons, where I live and work now. 

A New Horizontal in the Form-Finding Series

Highly simplified, in the coarser white clay, an exploration of the horizontal, which makes for a very calm, serene form.

I intend to place (display) it on a substantial black-painted wooden base, to anchor/earth it, yet elevating it slightly from its plinth.

  

A Further Addition to the Form-Finding Series

In coarser white clay, a playful, slightly smaller Form-Finding addition to the series. 25 x 20 x 15cm

Its black clay counterpart can be viewed here
  

Verticality Series - I

The first in a series focussing on the Vertical - 40x15x10cm; just the beginning of an exploration with much trial and error to come ... 

Here I'm exploring an alternative to fixing the sculpture on a plinth by incorporating its base/foot into the overall form. Quite a challenge it turned out to be: finding the balance between making it a functional base whilst finding harmony within the entire form; making it one; a cohesive, harmonious whole.

Also an opportunity to explore air and light, for which the vertical seems to be fertile ground - the balance between the negative and positive space.

The question now poses itself whether to leave it white or to transform it with some colour? To colour or not to colour ... Purity and serenity versus an added je ne sais quoi?

PS 22-08-2021: View an update to this post here

A New Möbius Addition

A new addition to the Abstract Concrete-Maths Series - the latest Möbius: fired clay, black engobe, and Indian yellow and Raw Umber acrylic.         46 x 27 x 16 cm.

A New Addition to the Form-Finding Series

A blue addition to the Form-Finding Series: fired clay, Ultramarine and Phtalo Blue (red hue) acrylic. 52 x 40 x 25 cm.