About Christine Baxter
"A sculptor’s materials are the vehicle for language and a means of communication. Be it, glass, bricks, steel, etc. What is it you wish to communicate?
The reason I continue to work in plastic materials such as clay, wax, and setting plaster is because of its organic qualities, the language and emotion that I want to communicate is human body language. There may be slight, culturally learnt, differences in the universal understanding of body language, but essentially every human being on the planet that has ever lived and will ever live, will understand a frown or a smile. But it is not just our facial expressions that speak volumes, every gesture, movement stance speaks to us. We are hard wired to interpret gestures, movements and expressions of our fellow humans in terms of emotional communication. |
In producing a portrait, I am not just interested in rendering a likeness of that person but conveying emotion through that vehicle.
Minute nuances, the angle of the eyes, the lips the angle of the neck, these are all infinite and I must feel the emotion myself whilst sculpting to have some confidence that the viewer of the final piece will experience a symbiosis of emotion.
I have not found any other medium, better than clay, that allows me to experiment with human emotional responses. This is also true, but to a lesser extent when I am sculpting animals."
I am lucky to have been classically trained, having studied Sculpture and Art History at Camberwell School of Arts, London in the 1980's
Minute nuances, the angle of the eyes, the lips the angle of the neck, these are all infinite and I must feel the emotion myself whilst sculpting to have some confidence that the viewer of the final piece will experience a symbiosis of emotion.
I have not found any other medium, better than clay, that allows me to experiment with human emotional responses. This is also true, but to a lesser extent when I am sculpting animals."
I am lucky to have been classically trained, having studied Sculpture and Art History at Camberwell School of Arts, London in the 1980's
Contact Christine
Email: chrisbaxtersculptor@gmail.com
Tel Mobile: 07763485638
Landline: 01291 691186
Studio Address: Court Robert Arts, Tregare, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. NP15 2BZ Open to the public daily, 10am-4pm. Monday to Friday
Tel Mobile: 07763485638
Landline: 01291 691186
Studio Address: Court Robert Arts, Tregare, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales. NP15 2BZ Open to the public daily, 10am-4pm. Monday to Friday