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| Debbie Bent | |
Debbie Bent, born 1966 in Bishops Stortford, England. I have just graduated from the University of Herfordshire.(2008) |
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| About the Artist | |
I am a sculptor, I use my clay to explore connections between human beings and organic forms, I like to merge them with form, colour or texture and I often make large scale and weather proof so that the work can go back in to the environment that inspired it.Sometimes I push the clay to its limits and it cracks, adding a visual reminder of our precaurious and transient position on the earth. It has been described as both attracting and repelling at the same time. I want to be able to make work that shouts from my heart and makes the human listen. |
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'Found' Head Fragment in Keuper Red
2008 |
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| Individual Clay Sculpture inspired by humans connection to the natural environment,this form explores the small details of organic forms including ours. |
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'Found' Head Fragment in Stream
2007 |
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| 'Found' taken to a local stream where it looks as if it has lain for centuries. |
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'Found' Emerging. Concrete and Clay
2008 |
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| Bringing movement of wind or water in to this sculpture, emerging or perhaps disappearing. Some see the sea and coral, others see mushrooms or foxgloves. I saw all those things when I was making but also arteries and fingers, ears and hearts. |
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detail of 'Found' Emerging, Concrete and Clay
2008 |
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| Detail of image above showing the human elements of sculpture. |
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| Education and biography | |
| The Curriculum Vitae of Debbie Bent 30 Blacksmiths Hill, Benington, Hertfordshire SG2 7LQ Tel:07946380234. www.hermitartists.com ‘Found’ is the working title of my current body of work. It explores memories and thoughts as they reveal themselves to me, when I walk in the fields near my home. I stare in wonder at the small things, the taken for granted; such as the forgotten fragility of a new bud, the beautiful shape of a huge mushroom; or the acorn, with its differences of texture on the inside to the outside. The bud reminds me of a baby’s hand unfolding; the mushroom invokes images of hearts and arteries. I’m interested in how nature repeats and echoes the shapes that I see, such as coral and foxgloves and how the shapes connect with the human body. It is the exploration of the connection of the organic to the human that continues to fascinate me. I am reminded often of fairy tales and myths, which makes me consider whether the stories where fiction or truth and whether some have messages concealed within them and if so which have been passed down, in order to teach us something about our lives. Exhibitions 2nd -6th July 2008 New Designers Exhibition, Business Design Centre in Islington. June 2008 Final Degree Show at University of Hertfordshire. Artshed, a gallery at Westmill Farm shows my work. |
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| Future shows | |
| Forthcoming Exhibitions September 2008 Open Studios with Herts Visual Arts Forum January 2009 Setting out, selected by tutor, an exhibition by the Craft Potters Association. |
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| Website: www.hermitartists.com | |
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