Andrew Bascle

Cap Beak Rocktail

2021

Hand-made folk art bird, constructed from bottle cap, cork, plastic beads, zinc, rattan, wood, sheet metal, string and wire

Paired with GrumbleBear, these large animal-themed heads represent forces of power that enjoy talking over you or each other, always sure that what they are shouting about is more important than anything else. This piece includes a tongue-in-cheek poke at the proliferation of kintsugi repairs going on in popular ceramics...

The physical processes involved in making these sculptures also reflects transformation of materials. Felt that is hardened and molded by repeated pricking with a barbed metal point...

Sgrafitto design, hand-carved, porcelain whale

Amongst the pieces that refer to loss and despair, this piece alone retains a bit of hope for the future. The small, still developing form has accumulated a series of experienced (im...

Sgrafitto design, hand-carved, porcelain whale

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars...

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box...

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, each vehicle is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa. Built from found materials collected over the years, the car's futuristic form is layered with personal memories and keepsakes from the past. The most minute of details is always intentional – from the weathered finish to the fictitious sponsor to the miniaturized furnishings of the cramped interior. This sculptural car entitled "Pylon Trunk" is intended as a complement to the rest of Fitzgerald's imaginative cars, something of a service vehicle loaded with removable traffic cones and street signs. A simple truck bed...

Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars...

Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...