This websites showcases my larger abstract plastic sculptures made of plastics. They are robust shapes with agile lines, soft, round shapes in a flaming red yet warm and loving colour. The surfaces are flat, which fits with the shapes; I want all attention to go the tension in my sculptures, in which the lines go towards something without being disturbed by bumps or gaps. They are essentially simple forms with a lot of velocity. They are who or what they are... perhaps movements becoming silent?
I've chosen for epoxy or plastics because these materials can be finished in a very 'tight' way, and because they're lightweight and weather-resistant. The primary colour red is in balance with the robust shapes; they aren't competitors, but strenghten each other!
You can take a look at my sculptures by clicking on 'Rodekunst' in the grey bar above. Each photo is clickable and includes a small bit of explanatory text.
I usually start with a figurative shape as a source of inspiration. This is often a human posture, but it could also be a day-to-day object, or an idea which simply comes up out of the proverbial blue. Something in a model or object attracts me; I want to start working with it and see what comes out when I start shaping the sculpture. I always aim to release the 'maximum tension' which I see in an object, in a shape which is as clean as possible. In doing this, some parts are made less important (or might even disappear completely), and other parts get strongly exaggerated. Sometimes, my designs deviate so much from the original source of inspiration that they almost become abstract models by themselves. But that doesn't matter - as long as the aforementioned tension is visible!
I also have a smaller version in bronze of a selection of designs, which emit a warm glow. Polished bronze sculptures can only be kept in their original state when kept inside.
You can read on and learn more by clicking on Metal in the bar above.
The beginning: My source of inspiration is a female figurine with arms and legs forming strong lines. |
I make the contours more specific. |
And there I go, I remove the head and breasts and upgrade the tension in the lines. |
Remove the legs? Only the upper-corps? (Split between the two parts emerges when I try to find a way to make a mold. Exciting!) |
A bit more 'schwung' in the arm; the legs are back. |
Will this model do? (Yes it does; the sculpture Abstract emerged out of this.) |
A bit more hips, just one leg and I am still looking for a way to shape the arms.. |
So, this is the way I want it; it will be the first model to enlarge and then the title will be Uitdaging (Challenge) |
Rodekunst.nl exhibit now at:
1 May 2011 - 26 maart 2013
Beeldentuin Cuijk, Kerkstraat 10 Cuijk (NL)
http://www.beeldentuincuijk.nl