More pictures from Thomas’ sculpture portfolio
Thomas: “For this gallery, I have chosen some work that took a long time to make and some that was rather simple. For me, it is the idea that matters, and sometimes an idea can be a simple one.”
Sit Back
Sit Back. Thomas: The whole of this sculpture was made with second-hand wood and bolts. As you can see, it is anatomical. Below are some of the sketches I made when developing the idea.”
Sit Back, from above
Sit Back detail showing bolts
Sit Back front view
Sketch of a friend sitting. Thomas: “This sketch was the basis of the sculpture.”
Thomas: “After sketching my friend in his seat, I imagined his skeleton inside. Sit Back is based on the skeleton.”
Thomas: “This is a more practical sketch. It translates the idea into something that can be made.”
Sit Back side view
Sit Back chair. Thomas: “I joined three planks and carved them into the shape of a chair seat.”
Selected Fragment
Selected Fragment. Thomas: “I found a window in a skip and thought it was a shame to waste it, so I created a wall fragment for it. It probably should have been made of brick!”
Selected Fragment: indoor view. Thomas: “Even the wallpaper was second-hand leftovers, as was the plasterboard. The picture frame is made from old architrave.”
Selected Fragment: outside view
Selected Fragment
Kidney Hammock
Kidney Hammock. Thomas: “it is amazing how all our organs and intestines fit inside. This simple sculpture was an experiment, looking at the mass of two clay kidneys and a vertebrae.”
Kidney Hammock side view
Kidney Hammock detail
Heartbreak
Heartbreak. Thomas. “Sometimes simple ideas are the best.”
Hearbreak side view
Interaction
Interaction. Thomas: “This idea uses second-hand wood (some of it machine planed) and second-hand bolts. In fact, they were third-hand, as I’d recycled them from the Sit Back sculpture!”
Interaction from behind
Ideas for Interaction
More sketches for Interaction
Interaction
Cocoon
Cocoon. Thomas: “I loved the look and feel of this garden material, which is a kind of fleece designed to protect plants from frost. It was like a spider web. This sculpture was a reaction to the materials I’d found.”
Inside the cocoon. Thomas: “The canes were off-cuts from the garden. They made great ribs.”
A visitor
Cocoon from above
Cocoon sketch. Thomas: “This is an early idea for a rib sculpture, made before I came across the garden fleece and canes.”
Coccon sketch. Thomas: “This sketch was made on site. Sketching helps you to focus on what you are doing.”
More images of Thomas’s work can be see on his website here: www.thomasflint.co.uk
The previous parts of this interview are here:
Making New From The Old (Part 1)
Making New From The Old (Part 2)
Making New From The Old (Part 3: Gallery)
