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> IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
A series of dinosaurs cast in concrete using inflatable toys as moulds... Each work is a unique cast in concrete and approx 50cm x 40cm x 30cm in dimension.
I’ve always liked the idea of dinosaurs, and as a kid I really wanted to find a dinosaur footprint to fill with Plaster of Paris. Paleontology has a strong material connection with plaster, as many of the dinosaur skeletons displayed in museum exhibitions are also cast replicas. It’s probably why I like mould-making, as casting sculpture is the closest to pouring plaster on stuff that I can get away with - so with that in mind i've cast my own.
A series of dinosaurs cast in concrete using inflatable toys as moulds... Each work is a unique cast in concrete and approx 50cm x 40cm x 30cm in dimension.
I’ve always liked the idea of dinosaurs, and as a kid I really wanted to find a dinosaur footprint to fill with Plaster of Paris. Paleontology has a strong material connection with plaster, as many of the dinosaur skeletons displayed in museum exhibitions are also cast replicas. It’s probably why I like mould-making, as casting sculpture is the closest to pouring plaster on stuff that I can get away with - so with that in mind i've cast my own.
There is something uncanny about reducing the largest and most ferocious predators to ever walk the Earth into cheap plastic cartoon inflatable kids toys. And something very ‘now’ that I can buy them online for a couple of quid and have them delivered the same day. Like the overstuffed taxidermy walrus of the Horniman Museum, my dinosaur exhibits are also overstuffed - but with concrete inserted through the air valve of the inflatable. Once solid the concrete core forms a future fossil like cast of the inside of the inflatable and the stretched vinyl is reduced to a skin that shreds to reveal the inner form.
> IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
These images are from 'Uncertain Objects: Part 1’ exhibition in a beautifully decrepit old shop building (with massive skirting boards) in Frome, Somerset curated by @_shopwork_ in January 2024. Each Dinosaur is a unique cast in concrete and approx 50cm x 40cm x 30cm in dimension.
These images are from 'Uncertain Objects: Part 1’ exhibition in a beautifully decrepit old shop building (with massive skirting boards) in Frome, Somerset curated by @_shopwork_ in January 2024. Each Dinosaur is a unique cast in concrete and approx 50cm x 40cm x 30cm in dimension.
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