“Creativity is a way of thinking and it influences everything you do”
Tom Bass (1916 - 2010), Australian Sculptor
The Learning Curve: Sandra Berzins
“I love the escapism you get when creating something. I have been creative since I was a child, always making things…”
Spotlight On: Ruth Asawa
“A woven mesh not unlike medieval mail. A continuous piece of wire, forms envelop inner forms, yet all forms are visible (transparent). The shadow will reveal an exact image of the object.”
Spotlight On: Podcast - ‘Stuff the British Stole’
“Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects…”
Take a Look: Margel Hinder, ‘Modern in Motion’
The first dedicated retrospective of one of the most important and dynamic, yet underrated, Australian sculptors of the 20th century.
From The Archive: “Ethos”
Conceived as "the spirit of the community", the sculpture is a representation of a graceful yet triumphant winged figure with arms raised above her head to receive a descending dove of peace and beauty…
Take a Look: Sam Eller’s exhibition ‘Life Carved in Stone’
“The best subjects come from observing fleeting moments in the people near me, or from cinema or TV. These can be caught by camera or most often by sketching afterwards.”
Talking Practice: In Conversation with Usama Alnassar, part 1
“I like to believe that the cultural and artistic atmosphere in my family had a big effect on me and on how my life later evolved…”
Be Inspired: ‘Henry Moore on Sculpture’
Amongst the many treasures for students available in the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School reference library, is a book ‘Henry Moore on Sculpture’…
Take a Look - Summer Exhibitions In Australia
Summer in Australia is not only marked by holidays, beach days and swimming, cold drinks and BBQs, it’s also a time to visit some blockbuster exhibitions!
Spotlight On: Isamu Noguchi
Through a lifetime of artistic experimentation, Noguchi created sculptures, gardens, furniture and lighting designs, ceramics, architecture, and set designs. His work, at once subtle and bold, traditional and modern, set a new standard for the reintegration of the arts…
Take a Look: Alex Seton’s exhibition ‘Meet Me Under The Dome’
'Meet Me Under the Dome is undoubtedly my most personal show to date. We all have unreliable memories and stories from our childhood that shape who we are…’
The Learning Curve: Bree Cribbin
I was fascinated by how a sculpture could stop me in my tracks and make me physically move around it whilst the surroundings faded into the background…
Be Inspired: Sculpture on Film
Have you heard of the website NOWNESS? If not, you may find it to be a great platform for some inspiration!
Take a Look: Lea Ferris’ exhibition ‘Homage to the Reef’
The undersea world of coral reefs is more magical, wondrous, complex, and spectacular than our collective imaginations at their very hallucinogenic, kaleidoscopic best…
Be Inspired: The Great Women Artists Podcast
This podcast is presented by art historian and curator, Katy Hessel. Katy interviews artists on their career, or curators, writers, or general art lovers, on the female artist who means the most to them…
Spotlight On: Alberto Giacometti
Giacometti was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism…
The Learning Curve: Elizabeth Peddell
“Art tells a story. It tells a story of hope, of suffering, of sadness, of happiness. All my art tells a story. The beauty of art is that it lives on long after you die…”
Talking Practice: Liisa Hietanen
“I make sculptures by means of crocheting and knitting. When I made my first crocheted artwork, I didn't have any earlier background in yarn-based handcrafts…”
Take a Look: Sculpture in the Vineyards
For this year’s exhibition, 166 works from 103 sculptors were selected for the exhibition from 300 national and international submissions that were received…
