Monchelsea Place - History of a Sculpture

 Forty two core drilled holes later and I have my first portal cut through the stone. As much as I loved the solid form of the sculpture, I love how the window in the stone completely changes how you read the sculpture and best of all I finally see the realisation from model and drawings to the final realised sculpture.   

 

 

 The stones have been washed and the dust removed to revel the colours in the stone. The band of blue and beige really enhances the bottle form.  

The History Jars   Trying to come up with titles for the sculptures is an ongoing process. As the forms are quite abstract you are always thinking about giving the viewer a way into understanding what the artwork might be about and why its located where it is.     

The largest of the three stones will stand at 2.1m high and has a beautiful blue band that runs through the middle of the stone. As I've decided to work with the original dimensions of the block, the stone will be around 40cm in places instead of the original 25cm. This will lend to the sculpture having a greater presence in the landscape. Again another very tactile and curved form which will have both polished and textured surfaces when complete. The cut out slot / window which will be cut out of the neck of the vessel will run central measuring 115cm.