I have a piece similar to these that I made several years ago, but I could never quite bring myself to sell it.  So that ones staying in my personal collection for now, but I have made these ones which will be going out to a gallery soon.  I hope that they stay together as a pair.

These are a commission for an art teacher’s retirement gift.  She selected to have these commissioned herself.  I feel quite honoured that someone who has spent their career in the visual arts would choose a work by me to commemorate their retirement.

I have just completed another couple of sculptures. These ones are going to a gallery in the city.

These pieces take inspiration from the koru shape which is popular in New Zealand.  They koru has a fresh energy and represents new life and new beginnings.

The form that I have used for these pieces is also influenced by the shape of a curling wave which also fits well with the New Zealand coastal environment.  The waves of the sea are powerful and beautiful, they can bring great enjoyment if you know how to harness and use their energy.

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Koru/Waves

This piece was commissioned for a client through a gallery in Devonport.  The client had seen images of my previous work along these lines and wanted a piece in the same theme.

I have really enjoyed working with these oval forms from my very first piece up to and including this most recent one. 

I designed the ovals to make optimal use of the properties of the Oamaru limestone.  The gentle unfussy curves of the ovals creates a softness to the form, and when light falls on the ovals from behind it creates a wonderful warm golden glow in the holes that go through each oval (yeah I know you can’t see the glow in these pictures, I don’t always get a chance to get good pictures in the right light before delivery to the client).

For me each individual oval is like a simple single biological cell, and yet somehow each cell manages to have its own unique personality.  Their interaction with each other is playful and slightly chaotic.  They are as much about the empty space in the middle of them as they are about the physical structure of their shell.