Rochford Wines Past Exhibitions

Marcus Dillon

"My recent work combines traditional methods with contemporary designs. Concentrating primarily on colour association and formulated within sequences via traditional methods; multiple bands of colour interact with those around them generating visually stimulating 3D patchworks. Shape, Colour and Structure have meaning in and of themselves. We react emotionally to these elements even if they create no recognizable object for the viewer to grasp logically.

I have chosen to work with the vessel as I feel that it is the most pure sculptural object. The rich traditions of the vessel furnish a timelessness and universality that no other object can. The fluidity of the medium is evident in the way the vessel allows for the impression of depth perspective, airiness and solidarity and allows for other spatial relations that can be created and controlled by the artist.

The numerous stages of production allows for the freedom to evolve during a piece. This approach provides me with the time to plan a piece, multifarious; and then in a moment assemble it at the bench, hot. Once the work is assembled and blown each piece is cut back, polished, sandblasted and finally acid etched to achieve a soft tactile finish. The final work results from numerous techniques in both the hot glass studio and the cold working studio."

See also: Phillip Stokes

View artists website: www.freeformed.com.au