{"id":3231,"date":"2013-04-04T18:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T18:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polymathperspective.com\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2019-07-08T17:20:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T17:20:36","slug":"making-new-from-the-old-part-4-gallery-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polymathperspective.com\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"Making New From The Old (Part 4: Gallery Continued)"},"content":{"rendered":"

More pictures from Thomas\u2019 sculpture portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas: \u201cFor 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sit Back<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sit Back, from above<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sit Back detail showing bolts<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sit Back front view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sketch of a friend sitting. Thomas: “This sketch was the basis of the sculpture.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thomas: “After sketching my friend in his seat, I imagined his skeleton inside. Sit Back is based on the skeleton.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thomas: “This is a more practical sketch. It translates the idea into something that can be made.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sit Back side view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sit Back chair. Thomas: “I joined three planks and carved them into the shape of a chair seat.”<\/p><\/div>\n

Selected Fragment<\/p>\n

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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!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Selected Fragment: indoor view. Thomas: “Even the wallpaper was second-hand leftovers, as was the plasterboard. The picture frame is made from old architrave.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Selected Fragment: outside view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Selected Fragment<\/p><\/div>\n

Kidney Hammock<\/p>\n

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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.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kidney Hammock side view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kidney Hammock detail<\/p><\/div>\n

Heartbreak<\/p>\n

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Heartbreak. Thomas. “Sometimes simple ideas are the best.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hearbreak side view<\/p><\/div>\n

Interaction<\/p>\n

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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!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Interaction from behind<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ideas for Interaction<\/p><\/div>\n

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More sketches for Interaction<\/p><\/div>\n

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Interaction<\/p><\/div>\n

Cocoon<\/p>\n

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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.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Inside the cocoon. Thomas: “The canes were off-cuts from the garden. They made great ribs.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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A visitor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cocoon from above<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cocoon sketch. Thomas: “This is an early idea for a rib sculpture, made before I came across the garden fleece and canes.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Coccon sketch. Thomas: “This sketch was made on site. Sketching helps you to focus on what you are doing.”<\/p><\/div>\n

More images of Thomas\u2019s work can be see on his website here:<\/strong> www.thomasflint.co.uk <\/a><\/p>\n

The previous parts of this interview are here:<\/strong>
\n Making New From The Old (Part 1)<\/a>
\n Making New From The Old (Part 2)<\/a>
\n Making New From The Old (Part 3: Gallery)<\/a>

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