BIO

Steve Cartwright draws on his 25 years of fashion photography experience to inspire his simplified torso sculpture.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I strive to convey the essence of physical form through the language of movement, utilising the nuances of posture, stance, and body tilt to articulate emotions while simultaneously abstracting the overall figure.

By working in the realm of three-dimensional ceramics, as opposed to the limitations of two-dimensional photography in my past work, I aim to provide a more comprehensive and nuanced interpretation.

Reflecting on a pivotal moment in my creative journey, I recall a photograph I took years ago for a perfume advertisement. The model, in a celebratory pose, raised her arm, unveiling an often-unseen part of her body. During the editing process, I was captivated by the unexpected beauty and shape created by this rarely seen part of the body. The interplay of the underarm's angle and the play of light transformed it into a suggestive abstraction reminiscent of waist and hips, revealing the profound potential for abstraction within the seemingly unseen.

My artistic ambition is to create pieces with a weight, within the stillness find movement, simplified form with complexity, depth with humour - even irony.

He studied ceramics under Barry Guppy (who studied under Hans Coper and Lucie Rie at Camberwell) at his Pimlico studio in the late 90’s and exhibited at several London galleries and now works from his studio in Cheshire.

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Each one of a kind piece is handmade constructed robustly from stoneware clay fired to around 1250c.