Artist Research

Light Sculptures

To start off the beginning of my final year in college, I have decided to do some follow up research into the subject area that I had focused on, but rather than focusing on assemblage and found objects as I had previously, I decided to conduct some research into other types of sculpture after being inspired by the recent piece "Liquid Shard" by Patrick Shearn, which hung over Pershing Square in Los Angeles. 

"Liquid Shard" 2016 - Patrick Shearn

Shearns is part of the group called Poetic Kinetics, which creates large scale interactive sculptures.

Poetic Kinetics

what interested me the most about the sculpture was that it had no visible means of support, and therefore looked as though it was floating. I also liked the material that was used, which was lightweight and reflective, so that as it moved, there was a shift in colour and shape, and sometimes looked as though it had vanished.

Following on from and developing from one of my final piece sculptures for the FMP last year, which was inspired by an image of a table top being supported by the buckets that were resting on it:

To develop this idea, I want to explore how I can create a sculpture that looks as though it has no visible means of support. By doing this, I will be exploring new methods that I haven't yet tried, and I will also be venturing away from my current subject without straying too far away that I begin to loose myself.

Bruce Munro

Bruce Munro

Bruce Munro is an English artist primarily concerned with the medium of light. His is most known because of his immense site specific installations. He was born in 1959 in London.

While his installations aren't floating sculptures, I feel like it is similar to "Liquid Shard" because of the reflective quality of his CD pieces, and it still incorporates my theme of using found objects.

Waterlillies
2012

CDSea
2010

Ferryman's Crossing
2015

Blue Moon on a Platter
2012