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Sculpture in the Garden

Svend Rumbold — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:35:52 +0000

I’m hoping to be able to attend Jilly Sutton’s forthcoming masterclass at the Oxford College of Garden Design, on the 11th November. The OCGD masterclasses are great opportunities to hear first-hand from internationally renown experts, and attendance is not just limited to current students and alumni. Last year I was disappointed to miss the legendary John Brookes, but Duncan Heather did post an excerpt on his blog – it’s well worth a look.

The Architect - Jilly Sutton

I’m particularly looking forward to this one. I feel Jilly’s work has a kind of softness in it’s beauty which is rarely found in contemporary sculpture: she usually works in wood, and many of her subjects are faces – with soft, gentle features. It takes a rare skill to bring out the natural lines of wood grain and combine it with the subject so successfully.

Inspiration from Contemporary Art

Svend Rumbold — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:44:19 +0000

Back in November of last year I paid a visit to the Tate Modern in London. Whilst not everything is necessarily to my taste, I feel it’s always worthwhile to look over something new: after all, you never know where inspiration might come from. I like to make a quick sketch of things that catch my eye, as this helps to acquire a “feel” for the piece: here is a sample, together with photos of the “real thing” culled from the web (no photography in the gallery, of course).

In compiling this post I notice most of my sketch subjects are hardly contemporary – more like 100 years old - so perhaps I’m not as up-to-date as I like to think!

It isn’t always obvious where the ideas inspired by my visit will take me. Here is just one example.

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