Jeremy Thomas

BP Green

2016

cold rolled steel, powder coat, and urethane

cold rolled steel, powder coat, and urethane

"These inflated objects are grown more than fabricated. Through the process of inflation, the application of the air to the geometric construction defines form at the moment of inflation." It is the pragmatic that draws Thomas. Asked about his influences he asserts that his primary influences do not come from the realm of art but rather from everyday living. “I don’t eat, sleep, and breathe art,” he comments. His discovery of metal-working arose in a similar, practical way. Thomas had been sculpting with stone and asked someone to show him how to forge his own chisel. This was the start of his exploration of forging techniques and after a time he gave up working with stone to work with metal. One of the key aspects of blacksmithing that intrigued Thomas was fact that it isn’t instantly gratifying, and it poses questions that aren’t easily solved. He interned with Tom Joyce...

Thomas's current inflatable steel sculpting technique is something he stumbled upon during a demo for one of his sculpture classes. Steel, Thomas says, has a clay-like malleability a...

galvanized steel Growing up Peter Millett was surrounded by activity. His father was an architect and his mother a musician who produced community theatre. There were always sets ...

Thomas's current inflatable steel sculpting technique is something he stumbled upon during a demo for one of his sculpture classes. Steel, Thomas says, has a clay-like malleability a...

The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...

Wired VI Wall Sculpture Powder-coated steel wire 68 x 46x 3 $4800. Artistic concepts are taken down to the wire in Los Angeles artist Camey McGilvrays latest series, Wire World....

Wired V Wall Sculpture Powder-coated steel wire 68 x 46 x 3$4800. Artistic concepts are taken down to the wire in Los Angeles artist Camey McGilvray's latest series, Wire World. As ...

Wired VI Wall Sculpture Powder-coated steel wire 68 x 46x 3 $4800. Artistic concepts are taken down to the wire in Los Angeles artist Camey McGilvrays latest series, Wire World....

Stone and metal,usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic level the work is ...

slate/ powder coated steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the ...