don’t bury my heart

October 13, 2013October 13, 2013 | veronicacay

Sometimes documenting work before they go into the fire can be a useful practice. This piece had a little explosion
and has suffered some facial damage and a missing shoulder/back section – but all is not lost and I have replaced the shoulder with a meccano structure and the damage echoes traces of life experience.

This is a big heavy piece 80 x 40 x 30 cm – a mixture of terracotta and white clay. underglaze, stains – burnished.
I will post the finished piece as soon as I can get it photographed.

a new addition

September 27, 2013September 27, 2013 | veronicacay

I had thought I was finished but then decided a new base would give her a bit more stature !!

finished

September 6, 2013September 6, 2013 | veronicacay

One siren finished – detail of her bodice which is machine and hand embroidery, vintage fabrics and threads.

ceramic sculpture, underglaze, stains, and engobe, once fired 1100 – machine and hand embroidered bodice vintage fabrics and thread.

measuring white noise – rud-abot-bot

August 17, 2013August 17, 2013 | veronicacay

measuring white noise – rud -abot- bot would be a bit of fun if it wasn’t so serious – currently we are in the throes of a federal election –

and the choices provide slim pickings (rudd or abbott) . clay body, muslin wrapped head, stitched with vintage fabrics and vintage tape measure, vintage metal meccano.

like winning a small lottery

July 16, 2013July 23, 2013 | veronicacay

fringe dwellers posted a couple of weeks ago has been selected as a finalist for the Wilson Art Prize
Northern Rivers New South Wales. All good. The drawing is from life drawing group last thursday. A4 strathmore watercolour paper – faber castell pitt pen and conte crayons.

abandoned

June 25, 2013 | veronicacay

This figure was one of the first large sculptural pieces that I completed 12 months ago.Unresolved it stood in the corner of the studio abandoned while I struggled to get a more thematic group of works together for my solo exhibition last april. Last week I started painting her more as an experiment towards some other large figures that I am currently working on – I am reasonably happy with the result – she is certainly more resolved.