MESSUMS WILTSHIRE
Studio Stories: Bridget McCrum
Visual Podcast
Description from Messums Wiltshire:
“Bridget’s figures, animal and bird sculptures were economically carved, capturing the essential characteristics of their nature or habit, a subject may appear to be soft, although the profile would be sharp as her sense of curve and rhythm – still her hallmarks – tell of form as well as the incongruity to be found in birds or beasts.” Ann Elliott, author of ‘Touch and Time: The Sculpture and Drawings of Bridget McCrum’
McCrum’s work is a potent fusion of the ancient with the modern. She works primarily in stone, from which some pieces are also cast in bronze. Initially influenced by archaeological finds and by the work of Brancusi, Hepworth and Moore, her sculpture also contains oblique references to the landscape and fauna around her homes in Devon and Gozo. The basis of her work is a lyrical
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Making Introductions - An Introduction to Egg Tempera with Antony Williams
Documentary
Description from Messums Wiltshire:
'Making Introductions' is produced in partnership with our artists and focuses on the techniques that stand at the core of their respective studio proc...
MESSUMS WILTSHIRE
Short Culture Shot: Tuesday Ridell
Documentary
Description from Messums Wiltshire:
Tuesday Riddell’s work takes us down to the forest floor and a glorious insight into the world that captures her imagination, that ethereal nocturne when all cycles of life and death carry on...
This film is in English, click here to watch the version in Mandarin: https://www.aonia.com/vincent-van-gogh-techniques-of-the-masters-in-mandarin
FILM DESCRIPTION
This film, from Aonia, focuses on the painting techniques of Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) and shows how, in the late nineteenth centur...
