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Rachel Carter Sculpture
Textured Bronzes and Crocheted Bronze sculptures ready for next weeks Art Fair East exhibition, I’ll be taking along these two collections plus a few more too #sculpture #artfaireastnorwich #artfaireast #Art #bronzesculptures
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Over the last few months I have been delving into the history of blown glass production at the Trent Valley works that once stood in Hatton, South Derbyshire to gather inspiration for my forthcoming sculpture for the Salt Brook meadow.
The relationship between the groups of workers is as fascinating as is the tools and moulds they used.
On site photo shoot today with a new sculpture in the beautiful meadows @weledauk #weaving #art #sculpture
A beautiful morning for #rhstatton my #CopperAlliums are featured in the #art in the #garden section (at Tatton Park)
Working in the studio on my masterpiece a 100cm diameter sphere in wax #lostwaxcasting #art #sculpture (at Shed 2 Studios)
Another day in the studio, another wax sculpture which means one more macrame piece. Working on a ‘Double alternating larks head intertwined chain’ #macrame #sculpture #lostwaxcasting #art (at Shed 2 Studios)
Today in the studio-building a new lost wax sculpture #macrame #sculpture #lostwaxcasting #art #plaster (at Shed 2 Studios)
A shoal of silicone fish have just arrived at the studio, I’ll be using them later as macramé bobbins #sculpture #macrame #art #thread (at Shed 2 Studios)
Today in the studio- carving plaster for a new sculpture #plaster #lostwaxcasting #art #sculpture (at Shed 2 Studios)
Working prototype for a miniature bronze range worked with waxed macramé and measuring just 6cm across #art #lostwaxcasting #knotting #macrame #sculpture (at Shed 2 Studios)
In 2010 Rachel was commissioned by Amber Valley Borough Council to create a gateway sculpture in the town of her birth.
Heanor in South Derbyshire has a rich industrial history, from textiles and hosiery to coal. The sculpture sits on the corner of the old site of I R Morley's, a textile manufacturer established in 1795 whose premises in Heanor employed over 1000 people until it closed towards the end of the 20th century.
I R Morley's logo featured a wheel set in a pair of wings titled the Flying Wheel and was the first company logo added onto a piece of clothing.
The sculpture takes inspiration from this story and presents a wing either side of the sculpture which is punctured by a large wheel representing industry and regeneration.