Concrete Sculptures

Here I have used chicken wire to make a frame, and covered the frames in scrim and concrete in order to create durable sculptures that can survive in the outdoors. I have used the automatic way of creating art just like Joan Miro to make the forms natural and as unscripted as possible whilst still retaining the concept. I decided to do a series of sculptures at different sizes in order to create a minimal impact size wise but a large impact in the sense there is a few of them but. I also focused on the colours i used, using mainly block bright colours in order to make them stand out and again reinforce the impact factor.  I created the shapes mainly in the automatic style of Miro, drawing sketches using simple shapes straight out of my mind with no deep thought and then transferring the shapes and images into a 3D format and I ended up with these. 

The smallest of my three sculptures was designed to represent 'Petrified wood' but I think it could also be related to a lump of gold found within the ground too. I decided to do this one the smallest as it is one of the most rare to be found naturally. The sculpture is created mainly with a mixture of spheres and cones and I think the lumped effect it has created transfers well and adds some mystery to the piece, you're not truly sure what it is supposed to be. 

The next sculpture I created was influenced by 'Volcanic' rocks and I wanted the deep reds to stand out and make a strong impression on the viewer. I think this one stands out the most out of my three sculptures and I really like that fact. The texture is very rough and as natural as I could get it, I made sure I didn't smooth the surface perfectly to create this feeling so viewers would want to touch the sculptures and interact with them. Which being made of concrete they surely can, just like some of Joan Miro's work and also very like Franz West's work.

The final and largest of my three sculptures I designed to have the feel of a natural rock found in the sea, river or pond and weathered by water and rain. Creating a green/blue layered surface just like algae gathers on real rocks. Though this is the largest of my three sculptures I wanted to make it the most subtle. Whilst still using bright colours I tried to down the impact and blend and town to create these deep, mysterious tones. 

 I think they work well within the grass due to the fact they are to represent natural found rocks within the ground. I however chose to place my sculptures above the ground on the sort of bricked plinth to make them stand out and seem like they are part of an exhibition. Overall they have been rather successful, I believe.