Category: Metal Sculptuers

 90cm x 180cm x 160cm

Stainless steel

This colony of ‘barnacles’, pressed and fused from polished stainless steel, appears at first as solid as a pebble on the beach but on close inspection present a perforated or ‘porous’ structure.  The material  using the pressing techniques developed by the artist to take advantage of this beautiful, but highly resistant recycled material.

Associations are often made between highly polished hard metal and qualities of strength, cleanliness, beauty, perfection and therefore high value and status.  Here the artist invests those qualities upon a lone, stranded, erratic boulder scale heart shaped seed.  The seed; vital genetic dispersal vessel, prime actor in evolution and natural selection, is critical to our own presence on Earth.  Essential, not just for our own reproduction but also in the regeneration of all the living branches of our ecosystem upon which we are dependant is often un-regarded and certainly does not hold as high a status and value as the polished metals we mine, refine, polish and wear as a badge of success.   This sculpture is a champion for those trillions of smaller unseen life forms, magnified and suited in  clothes that may help us to associate the vessel with its value.

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200cm diameter

Mild steel and zinc

The Portal Orb is a surreal mix of fact and fantasy.  

This sphere of organically styled wires might be made of thick steel bars but appears lightweight or buoyant due to the much larger open space it encloses.  The network reminds us of living pathways in cells, veins, leaves, river deltas and more.

The fact that your eye and even your hand can pass through the surface of the sculpture is a reminder of the porous nature of all things.  Things that we often prefer to consider contained, tough, private or ‘protected’; such as cell walls, shell, skin, stone, the mind, foliage, and atmospheres. 

The tapering tunnel creates movement, literally provoking the viewer to orbit the sphere and seek the view through the centre.  We want to see the other side; but we already know what is there.  Such a simple form with such a curious portal effect.

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Edition of 9

Recycled mild steel

184 cm tall x 100 cm wide x 90 cm deep

Penny works with various materials, particularly recycled steel bits and pieces. They have their own beauty as exceptionally well made mechanical elements, that once formed a part of a structure that created its own momentum and dynamic. She likes to recycle and repurpose those discarded metal elements and give them a new life and renewed energy in her figurative Blown Away series of sculptures.

These sculptures capture a moment in time, a thought or emotion clearly defined and expressed, inanimate, discarded items becoming whole again in a sculpture that is visually explosive and passionate.

The Kiss  wishes to show the electric energy and anticipation we have when getting close to someone special for the first time. Despite the uncomproising hard materials used there is a tenderness and familiarity to its features and an engaging delicacy as their hands touch and gazes meet.

Each sculpture is handmade by Penny and each edition is entirely unique due to the different pieces used in each one.

See also Kismet, the other piece in the Blown Away series:

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Aliminuim

200cm x 100cm x 80cm including the plinth

“Apart from greetings, A Hug can convey so much feeling about how you care for someone.
I was recently at a funeral and there were so many people giving and receiving A Hug, silently saying I feel your pain and I care about you.
If a child has hurt themselves, A Hug can quite often be enough to calm them so that you can both see what now needs doing of a practical nature.
The celebratory Hug, say on the sports field, when someone has achieved something and is needing to share their elation.
I didn’t discover Hugging until I had grown up and what it can transmit between humans as a totally silent experience.” – Richard Cresswell

If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk
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