SHAMVA

Fish. Stone Sculpture. Butterjade Stone. Polished. Green /Teal fossils embedded

2017

Paranthropus Robustus. An early man (hominid), one of the Australopiths from the subepochs of the early to middle Pleistocene period 2.6 - 1.5 million years ago. Some distinctive fea...

Jessica Carroll is an Italo- American sculptor (b. 1961), member of an artistic family (her father was a painter, her mother a writer and her grandfather directed the movie Totò, Pep...

The Nautilus shell is an excellent example of mathematics inherent within lifeforms of the natural world. As Davies consistently uses the 'golden ratio' (1:1.618) to proportion his work, he thought it important to exemplify this in his subject matter. The Fibonacci sequence (where each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers) and the logarithmic spiral are also inherent here. The bronze shell is mounted on a black granite base in a way that creates an optical illusion suggesting it is levitating above the base. This bronze Nautilus...

Borzois or Russian wolfhounds originated in the 17th century and were bred and prized by the Russian aristocracy for their elegance and beauty. Davies has depicted this pair exhibiti...

Figurative sculpture of a thinking women seated. Women appears to be in a long dress. The stone has natural tones that come out with the carvings of the sculpture.

Naturalistic figure of a women with long hair and a long dress. The stone is a darker blue toned with natural veins and speckling. The figure is signed on the bottom of the dress.