newsletter archive newsletter 3 - may 2003 Jon Edgar Jon Edgar, winner of last year's student bursary, brings us up to date with his current work ~ "Approaching the final term of the second and final year at the Frink School I am feeling more confident in my observational work which seems the vital ground work for sculpture. Trying to capture the incredulity, rhythm & movement in life studies holds many clues for making good sculpture that may raise the spirit of a viewer... or at least encourage a second, longer look. For This reason I will work to encourage portraiture commissions in future, as a discipline to help improve and help fund my sculpture. My handling of form seems to have improved dramatically with carving in wood.A notoriously difficult material to work, its limitations have helped me make sculptural decisions which sometimes yield that magic spark... and also to slow the pace of work to enable more objectivity and consideration in planning how best a developing piece should 'read'.The source of material is important to me, and energy expended whilst dragging a tree stump a mile over Dartmoor, or trying to wedge an 8-foot oak gatepost into a car passenger seat, seems to help concentrate the mind on ideas and feelings for a potential piece ahead.I will continue carving in the future and am amassing holly, lime, yew, oak, fruitwood and hornbeam whenever storms pass through...  ′Primitive′, driftwood oak 'Pat', lifesize portrait head, patinated terracotta (above)  Images for a Jerwood Sculpture  ′The Futurists′, oxidised terracotta The Frink School is a remarkable place which, in partnership with other charitable funders like Discerning Eye, is helping a small number of developing sculptors battle against the tide of clever, instant conceptualism which currently grips Britain and the majority of its state-funded colleges and institutions. Deep down we know that the only certainty in life is change, and that simple truth and reason will return to the art 'market' - but it is sad that there are so few role models living and sculpting who we can continue to look up to through our lives." Jon's work will be part of The Frink School exhibition at Henley Art Festival from 8th-13th July 2003 Copyright © 2002-2010 The Discerning Eye ~ Web site by Shepperton Software |
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