Sculptor Profile

Claire Sadler

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The People’s Boat, Taranaki Andesite

This piece was created in response to the theme of Migration. Over the first few hundred years of New Zealand history people came by some form of boat. Therefore this piece is a boat form that is part steamer, part sail boat, part waka. In the sail portion there appears colour variation resembling old sepia maps. The stone is volcanic hardstone. Extremely durable.

 

Claire sculpts fulltime from her studio in Bridge Pa, Hawkes Bay.

With no previous formal art training, Claire began learning stone carving andesite boulders at Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society New Plymouth in 2006. 

A recent foray into wood has created the opportunity to explore different forms. 

Her approach is to explore the individual piece of raw natural material, to respect and feature all of it’s characteristics and proportions. With a preference for the more humble materials, her works are mostly created from Taranaki andesite boulders, locally grown trees and salvaged timber.

http://www.clairesadler.co.nz/