untitled (bird cylinder and box )

untitled ( bird cylinder and box)

Copper, sterling silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, sterling silver lemel

 all photos by Andrew Barcham


work at Craft Victoria until 15th October 2011




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untitled ( 3 wine cups )

untitled ( 3 wine cups based on 2^nd century BC Chinese wine cups)

copper, enamel paint

1. white wine cup detail : whitework Scottish 19^th Century embroidery; engravings taken from illuminated manuscripts by Hildegard of Bingen 

2. blue wine cup detail : Yoruba textile; engraving from a 16^th Century English embroidery

3. black wine cup detail : Tanshifa 18th Century Algiers embroidery; engravings from a 19^th Century Chinese embroidery

untitled ( 3 sided box)

untitled ( 3 sided box)

Copper, enamel paint, stainless steel wire

at Craft Victoria until 15 October 2011




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untitled ( bird box )

untitled (bird box)

copper, stainless steel wire, balsa wood, paper, glitter, enamel paint

This is the second object in the Locutions ( the loved object) series.
It is approximately 250mm high

all photograpghs by Andrew Barcham

Locutions (the loved object) is at on at Craft Victoria until October 15th 2011




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untitled (amulet box)

untitled ( amulet box)

copper, sterling silver, fine silver, enamel paint, stainless steel wire, amethyst, moonstone, turquoise, tourmaline, opal, citrine, garnet

This is the first box in the Locution ( the loved object) series.

box n. 1. a case or receptacle with a lid… a small shelter

“ the past... has it’s spaces, it’s paths, it’s nameplaces, and it’s monuments…” 

 Merleau Ponty

cante ( song) – the cante expresses a collective feeling through an individual

it is what you do with the materials that makes it precious

‘ Like the sliver of bone that becomes a holy relic; so the objects are transformed by the presence of the believer, by the one who writes their stories: they become the vehicles for our dreams, the mediums of our memories.’

Antonia Payne (Avoided Object)

all photos by Andrew Barcham





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Locutions ( the loved object)

Locutions (the loved object) is now open at Craft Victoria

This exhibition is composed of two bodies of work; the first being 14 works on paper
- 4 large collages and 10 small watercolours.
The second body of work comprises of 8 metal objects.

Collages – 760mm width x 560mm length
watercolour, ink, paper

Collages – 760mm width x 560mm length
ink, paper,sterling silver lemel

Collages – 760mm width x 560mm length
ink, paper, aluminum foil, sterling silver lemel

Collages – 760mm width x 560mm length
ink, paper, aluminum foil

watercolour and pencil - 240mm x 320mm

detail

detail

watercolour and pencil - 240mm x 320mm

 detail

detail







more images to follow

The exhibition runs until 15 October 2011, I hope that you will be able to make it.

vessel

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I made this vessel in 2nd year Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT.
It is made from copper
I wanted to make a vessel for the hand to hold, which is why it's shape is what it is
so this vessel is as much about the way it feels as how it looks

time

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what I am working on at the moment

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locutions

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I am working on pieces for my next exhibition which is in September this year

some of these works have sat still for a long time and now are taking form again

the title for this body of work is locutions

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4 houses

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4 houses made many years ago

copper, 9ct gold wire, sterling silver, coral, shell, wool, fabric, thread, stainless steel

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paper and light

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This light shade was made from tissue paper, white paper, cut up paper doilies and clear drinking straws.
Depending on the light source, it changes during the day, sometimes almost translucent, other times very stark. When the light is turned on, it is different again.

 light n. 1. that which makes things visible, or affords illumination : all colours depend on light...

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The Magical Cycle of Days

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here are some quick snaps of the installation at e.g.etal

the entrance

the pinata was made by Emma Goodsir

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pipe cleaners

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this little series of pipe cleaner work also forms part of the installation at e.g.etal.

It is grouped together on one wall.

I thought that as the title of this installation is the magical cycle of days, the work made needed to reflect almost a child like approach to working with materials and the materials themselves needed to be very simple and immediate.

(work shown with detail of light switch in living room)

 

black

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To answer the question, "What do the words red, blue, black and white mean?" we can, of course, immediately point to things that are those colours. But our ability to explain the meaning of these words goes no further.
                                                                                                               
Ludwig Wittenstein  Remarks on Colours/Bemerkungen uber die Farben 1, 68

details of images from These are the things that hold me here exhibition 2004

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Hope Ring

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18ct white gold Hope ring set with diamonds. This variation has a larger centre stone. With this ring I usually set all the same size stones, but there are always exceptions!

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sample

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In 2003 I was in an exhibition called Sample, put on by e.g.etal.
This is the proposal I put forward for the exhibition.
Looking back now I am a little shocked by it, in that I would probably not do something like this now. But I think that making this 'sample' was very important as it helped clarify the direction that I was going in for my work.
I made a 'sample' of the work that I was making, which was my Masters folio.
The drawings were of pieces that I was making at the time and the text was my actual Masters proposal.
The edges of the pages are lined with calico that has samples of embroidery stitches.

this is the text that I wrote that accompanied this piece:

I have made a sample of my own work.

A 'sample' being a small part of anything becomes for me in this instance, a fragment of a thought process of which I have been exploring for many years.

What I intend to create is found in the images and words contained in the 'sample'.

In the exhibition, e.g.etal printed the first lines of my Masters proposal and put it beside my work:

As a child I used to collect houses. They were very small and could fit in the palm of my hand.

I also had small boxes filled with collections of precious objects, such as shells, buttons, lace, and jewellery.

Treasures of a child.

Locations of  memory.

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light

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I made these candle holders many years ago when I was at RMIT. They are made from aluminum flashing. I still use them.

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horses galloping

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This work forms part of a series of 5 works on paper.
From this series I have made the objects depicted on paper. The vessels and boxes are all made from copper and steel wire. This is the only collage that has not been turned into a box (the solder joins! the thought alone does my head in), but I think that it is my favourite

paper dimension 570mm length x 760mm width

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woollen blanket house

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This woollen house was part of my exhibition These are the things that hold me here ( a house, a vessel, a shell, a ring) held at Craft Victoria in 2004. It has been in a box in my laundry since then. Recently I took it out to show someone and it ended up on top of my bookcase in the hallway, where it seems to have stayed. It is made from an old army blanket and has a long tail of thread coming out of a side pocket.

I guess that reflects a principle of all my work: I never show a human being or whole body; instead, I depict objects related to the person or a part of the body. You could say the spectator himself supplies the whole body in question. Usually the object is something the spectator could wear, use, eat or relate his body to.

Claes Oldenburg

In my sculpture, its not an image I'm seeking, it's not an idea. My goal is to re-live a past emotion. My art is an exorcism, and beauty is something I never talk about. My sculpture allows me to re-experience fear, to give it a physicality, so that I am able to hack away at it. I am saying in my sculpture today what I could not make out in the past. It allows me to re-experience the past, to see the past in its objective and realistic proportions... 

...Since the fears of the past are connected with the functions of the body, they re-appear through the body. For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture. 

Louise Bourgeois

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friendship ring

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friendship ring, 18ct yellow gold, Ceylon sapphires, diamonds

friendship n. 1.friendly feeling or disposition. 2. the state of being a friend; association as friends. 3. a friendly relation or intimacy.

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