RELIEF - EXHIBITION
'RELIEF', constructions in wood by Artists Kit Line and Martin Wharmby on at Riverside Studios until the 28th of January!
About Kit Line
Foundation and BA in 3D Design (Theatre Design) Wimbledon School of Art 1979-83. As well as sculpting I work as a Production Designer in Film and Television.
For the pieces I’m showing in RELIEF I’ve chosen to use the most derelict sheets of plywood I can find. Where the ply has separated and often been gouged and weathered.
Not only does this give a starting point, as the patina will often indicate a direction,but the more useless it appeared for its original purpose the more it promotes the desire for its reclamation.
Each part of each piece is scorched then painted or dyed using enamel paint and then cut and shaped to align with the adjoining part to produce a new plane or surface.
I try to avoid any final expectation of what I’m making and do my best to allow the surface I’m working on to evolve, allowing for accident and attempting to keep its evolvement in rhythm with its manufacture.
Other pieces are shaped from a variety of different woods which are then charred using a blowtorch and painted with enamel paint, each part is then polished to reveal its grain and texture before being inlaid. I make original pieces and adapt found parts for each piece in all shapes, colours and sizes discarding most of them until it starts to appear to come together.
The discarded pieces become the new found parts for further pieces.
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About Martin Wharmby
Martin Wharmby was on the very first Foundation Course at Leicester College of Art in 1957, the initiative of Tom Hudson and Victor Pasmore. It was then called the 'Basic design course' a major shake up of traditional art education. Martin then studied 3D design and worked as a product designer until 2000. In 2012 he completed a Masters in drawing at Wimbledon College of Art.
Artworks available for purchase through:
Exhibitions@riversidestudios.co.uk
020 8237 1010
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