Unpacking the Archive
Unpacking my Archive of work up to May 2022 – an opportunity to share a quick overview of my work to date.
Currently, I am engaged in research for a new chapter of work. In doing so, I unpacked a part of my archive to best understand my linear progression to date and provide context to new developments.
Archive of the Natural World
Lichen suspended in the kitchen with...
Together We Rise
Together We Rise comprises over 25 artworks by Royal Society of Sculptors members, presented within Chichester Cathedral. The work responds to the artists’ experience of the pandemic, their resilience, sense of community and collective hope
The exhibition will open at Chichester Cathedral on 27th June, and runs until 6th September 2022
During this challenging period, a group of...
Quercus Edition
Quercus Edition 3m tall, an edition of 8
Sculpture construction system which is durable and kinder to the planet. December 2021
Quercus Edition explores the characteristics of the oak leaf, which have Golden Section and Fibonacci proportions, and the sculptures rotate through the golden angle as they rise upwards optimistically. They embody spiritual and geometric principles which...
Quercus
Quercus has a new glass skin, added in 2021. The
glass was painted in response to experiencing ancient woodland. At winter
solstice 2020, at the end of a year like no other we had ever known, I visited
Kingley Vale, an ancient yew forest on the South Downs. The limbs of yew entwined
and grew together as if they were a single organism, and created primitive vaulted
spaces which are natural...
The Rise series of sculptures and Rise 5
Rise are a series of sculptures which stand upright and are characterised by profiles which draw undulating wave forms. The symmetrical waves separate negative space and the stacked forms. A rhythm is created by the repeated volume and line, and the whole has a taught glass skin which separates the airspace and the mass, washing it in colour, a painted response in glass enamels.
The...
Rise 4
The Rise sculptures are a series of works that have grown
out of my interest in how matter and energy move and the laws of physics which
govern our understanding of the world. Their repeated curves, ascending from
the earth towards space, echo the forms of waves of pure energy. They can be
seen as sound waves, electromagnetic or heat waves, or communication waves
through water or air....
The Product of the Pandemic: Glass Globes
Glass Worlds: a series of imploded glass and concrete spheres.
As the pandemic extended, my thoughts were taken over by this unprecedented situation, with fear for the safety of my loved ones and frustration at the environmental disasters this planet endures. My automatic reaction to this is to express it with glass.
In my opinion, disrespect towards the current ecosystem has led to...
Rebecca in Japan: Tokyo National Museum (Part Four)
Room dividers with Japanese Motifs in the Tokyo National Museum, Japan.
Tokyo National Museum, Japan, is unlike any museum I have ever visited. It is enormous, organised and has lots of space. It actually succeeds in organising millennia of artefacts and sculptures into a semblance of order. One gallery begins by explaining:
“Japan has three main traditions of sculpture, Buddhist...
Adding Art to STEM makes STEAM: ‘Surge’ Commission
Surge
I was recently invited to attend an event hosted by Carole Bent, a creative catalyst and Bill Cotton from the BCP council. The event bought together 8 local creatives and considered the values of art in the school curriculum, and was held at Talbot Heath school. Led by Head Teacher Angharad Holloway, Talbot Heath already pioneers STEM education and has recently built a STEAM hub; a...
Dancers Sculpture in Las Vegas
ARIA Las Vegas is the epitome of luxury casino resorts – featuring luxury suites, expansive views of the Las Vegas Strip, while be central to things to do in the city.Aria is part of MGM Resorts who commissioned Dancers, a 3m tall pair of sculptures by Rebecca Newnham for Aria in Las Vegas. They have a...