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ARTISTS STATEMENT
Having always led a very artistic and creative life I
was introduced to sculpture by accident at an Open Studio day at Shute
Farm Studios, near Shepton Mallet, nine year’s ago. It was there that I
had my first life changing experience of creating a sculpture. The
following day I bought my first slab of clay and hardly a day has passed
since then that has not found me sculpting.
Sculpture is always a frustrating struggle to achieve
the end result that one desires. The thrill of completion is addictive
and I find myself impatient to start the next piece.
My early untutored efforts were refined and expanded by formal study at Queens Road College of Art and Design, Bristol and also Bath City College. Early works were an attempt to create an exact likeness but I now find the prospect of abstracting or stylising the human shape much more exciting.
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My interest is in the geometry of the female form.
When I look at a figure I see through the detail to capture the underlying
patterns and rhythms that I see. Hence I avoid the distraction of
detailed faces which lead the eye away from the overall shape I’m trying
to convey. I enjoy expressing its lines, emphasising the tactile and
curvaceous.
2007 has been an exciting year for me after deciding to
"take things a little easier" and get back into sculpting for "fun" whilst
also making time for other past interests such as walking and gardening.
In doing this I have taken to sculpting heads of friends. I am now on my
third and am about to start a fourth - its great fun!
Cathy Judge
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