'Rings, Wings and Curious Things'

Solo Show at Northern Lights Gallery, Keswick

 Saturday 30th September until Sunday 5th November 2023

Meet the Artist

Saturday 30th September 11am - 3pm

Northern Lights Gallery, 22 St John's Street, Keswick, CA12 5AS

'Rings, Wings & Curious Things'

A new exhibition of work from Northumberland based Sculptor Robin Fox

An exhibition inspired by flight or things that might fly when imagination allows.

Since the dawn of time and our early evolutions from winged creatures, humans have always tried to break free from gravity and take to the skies.

This new body of sculpture work is a snap shot from my imagination with all of the pieces featuring creatures with differing capabilities of flight. 

From mythological Harpy figures, to my own winged interpretations, the work tries to capture dynamism within their compositions whilst retaining a use of more earth bound by elements such as natural sandstone, oxidised iron and patinated / aged bronze finishes to give a sense of artefact. The playful humour typically adopted in my work including 'Giraffe Hands' and 'Pigeon Toed Cockatoo' are also featured, as well as the 3D wall art of 'Birds on a Bough' - 'Flights of Fantasy' to the larger garden pieces of 'Valkyrie' and 'Propelled' along with some Autumn themed sculpture.

All of my work is hand built over an armature, a skeleton of steel, aluminium or copper with layers of bronze modified epoxy resin modelled over the skeleton allowing me to incorporate re-purposed objects, both metal and wood as part of the structure or surface finish. The natural sandstone used in my work is from a local quarry within a nature reserve. All the stone is quarried by hammer and wedge and is selected carefully to suit each piece. The Hazel branches used in my work are also locally grown and slowly air dried for up to 12 months before incorporating into the pieces used largely in my 3D wall art.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity of allowing me to share with you a small insight into my work and the forthcoming exhibition Rings, Wings & Curious Things .

I hope to meet some of you soon.