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Isobel Leonard

Sculpture - BA (Hons)

isobelleonardstudio@gmail.com

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Learning in the Third Space, Visual Culture Dissertation.pdf (1.83 MB)

This image shows a corrugated metal box with 3 shiny spikes coming out of the top of it at an angle. It is balanced on a square bar stand with a triangular base. On. the base sits a metal sphere formed out of riveted sheet metal.

Near Miss detail, steel and aluminium (2022)

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Through sculpture I explore connections between humans and material. I am interested in our psychological responses to the physical world and the ability of material to evoke emotion, memory and sensation. Reciprocally, my work considers how our psychological concerns are extended through material. I am fascinated by how human subjectivity manifests in what we make, and how we make and remake our physical selves.

Awards

Clason-Harvie Bursary, 2022

My current work focuses on the materiality of the body. I am interested in the body as a mediating vessel between the self and environment and how vulnerability to our environment effects the way we materialise our bodies. In these works, I try to encapsulate the contemporary moment of transition and uncertainty surrounding the body. The forms and materials I use reflect the enmeshing of the discrete and the interconnected, the human and non-human, technological and corporeal conceptions of the body brought about by advanced capitalism and anthropocentrism. My sculptures reference defensive adaptions in nature, militaristic and trans-human technologies and the enfleshed body as ways of opening up questions about how we experience embodiment and how this has changed in response to new relationships between self and environment.

This image shows a metal sculpture with a triangular base. A tall stand comes out at an angle from the base. On top of the stand is a corrugated box with 3 shiny spikes coming out of its top at a diagonal. On the base sits a small metal sphere. In the foreground of the image are some more small metal objects which look like a spike, a shell and a riveted pod.

Near Miss and Companions, steel and aluminium (2022).

Near Miss Details (2022).

This image shows some small metal sculptures. To the right of the images is a metal spike on a square base. At the back is a triangular base with a metal sphere sat atop. To the left is a rectangular plinth with metal spikes coming out of it. At its end sits a metal armadillo shell sat upon two of the spikes. Next to this is a rivered seed pod. .

Near Miss detail, steel and aluminium (2022)

This image shows a corrugated metal box with 3 shiny spikes coming out of the top of it at an angle. It is balanced on a square bar stand.

Near Miss detail, steel and aluminium (2022)

This image shows a triangular metal base. On top of this is a metal sphere made out of riveted pieces of metal and there is a gap at the top.

Near Miss detail, steel and aluminium (2022)

This image shows a corrugated metal box with 3 shiny spikes coming out of the top of it at an angle. It is balanced on a square bar stand with a triangular base. On. the base sits a metal sphere formed out of riveted sheet metal.

Near Miss, steel and aluminium (2022).

This image shows a suspended steel structure. The structure is a spikey web of welded branches. Draped from it is some pink mesh fabric leading to a blown glass sphere on the floor.

Cusp, steel, fabric and glass (2022)

This image shows 2 welded steel sculptures one on the floor and one suspended. They are connected by draped pink fabric. At the center of each sculpture is a blown glass sphere.

Cusp and Companion, steel, fabric and glass (2022).

Cusp (2022)

This image shows a detail of a sculpture. It features a glass orb wrapped in pink tulle fabric in the centre of a metal, welded web.

Cusp Detail, steel, glass and tulle (2022).

This image shows a web-like steel sculpture with a glass orb at its centre wrapped in pink tulle fabric

Cusp Detail, steel, glass and tulle (2022).

This image shows a suspended steel structure. The structure is a spikey web of welded branches. Draped from it is some pink mesh fabric leading to a blown glass sphere on the floor.

Cusp, steel, fabric and glass (2022)

This image shows a glass sphere wrapped in pink tulle fabric.

Cusp Detail, glass and tulle (2022).

This Image shows a close up of a blown glass sphere on a black background. It is covered with a pink, meshy fabric.

Cusp Detail (2022).

image shows a suspended steel structure with a glass orb at the centre wrapped in pink tulle. The tulle leads to another glass orb placed on the floor.

Cusp, steel, glass and tulle (2022).

Outburst (2022)

This image shows 3 metal structures made of curved pipe welded in an explosive form. At the center of each is a white wax pod. They stand infront of a blue background.

Outburst, steel and wax (2022).

This image shows 2 metal structures made of curved pipe coming out in an explosive form. In the middle of them sit white wax pods with holes. The lighting is blue and cast across the sculptures.

Outburst detail, wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a metal structures made of curved pipe coming out in an explosive form. At the bottom of the image sit white wax pods with holes. The lighting is blue and cast across the sculpture.

Outburst detail, wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a metal structures made of curved pipe coming out in an explosive form. At the bottom of the image sit white wax pods with holes. The lighting is blue and cast across the sculpture.

Outburst detail, wax and steel (2022).

This image shows 2 metal structures made of curved pipe coming out in an explosive form. In the middle of them sit white wax pods with holes. The lighting is blue and cast across the sculptures.

Outburst detail, wax and steel (2022).

Shedding Skin (2022).

This image shows a blue lit room. At the center is a piece of lacquered steel draped at a diagonal over some shiny steel bars. Infront of this on the floor is an amorphous plastic form which curves away from the viewer. To the right of the image is a metal ribcage on the floor with a glass cast inside of it. The glass cast emits a warm yellow light. Above this hangs a wax cast. The cast is a elliptical form.

Shedding Skin, steel, glass, polycarbonate, fabric, acrylic and LED (2022).

This image shows a metal ribcage on top of a shiny black plastic cross. At the center is an amorphous glass cast which is emitting a warm yellow light.

Shedding Skin detail, steel, acrylic, LED and glass (2022).

This image shows an amorphous pink plastic form which curves away from the frame. To the right is a piece of steel which is lacquered to appear blue and wet.

Shedding Skin detail, polycarbonate, fabric, steel and LED (2022).

This image shows a metal ribcage on top of a shiny black plastic cross. At the center is an amorphous glass cast which is emitting a warm yellow light.

Shedding Skin detail, steel, acrylic, LED and glass (2022).

This image shows a suspended wax cast. It is an elliptical form. Below it is a metal ribcage. Inside the ribcase is a pink glass cat emitting a warm yellow light. These both sit atop a black plastic cross. The back wall is blue.

Shedding Skin detail, paraffin wax, steel, acrylic, LED and glass (2022).

This image shows a suspended wax cast. It is an elliptical form. Below it is a metal ribcage. Inside the ribcase is a pink glass cat emitting a warm yellow light. These both sit atop a black plastic cross. The back wall is blue.

Shedding Skin detail, paraffin wax (2022).

This image shows a metal ribcage on top of a shiny black plastic cross. At the center is an amorphous glass cast which is emitting a warm yellow light.

Shedding Skin detail, steel, acrylic, LED and glass (2022).

Laid Bare (2022)

This image shows a black metal grid on the floor. On top of it is a white wax sculpture. It has an amorphous shape that resembles a bird. The lighting in thew room is blue and cast over the sculpture.

Laid Bare, wax, gel wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a black metal grid on the floor. On top of it is a white wax sculpture. It has an amorphous shape that resembles a bird. The lighting in thew room is blue and cast over the sculpture.

Laid Bare, wax, gel wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a black metal grid on the floor. On top of it is a white wax sculpture. It has an amorphous shape that resembles a bird. The lighting in thew room is blue and cast over the sculpture.

Laid Bare, wax, gel wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a black metal grid on the floor. On top of it is a white wax sculpture. It has an amorphous shape that resembles a bird. The lighting in thew room is blue and cast over the sculpture.

Laid Bare, wax, gel wax and steel (2022).

This image shows a black metal grid on the floor. On top of it is a white wax sculpture. It has an amorphous shape that resembles a bird. The lighting in thew room is blue and cast over the sculpture.

Laid Bare, wax, gel wax and steel (2022).

Small Sculptures (2022).

This is an image of water. At the center is an amorphous concrete cast being covered by waves.

Petrified, cast concrete (2022).

This image shows a beach scene with a concrete platform at the center. On the platform sits a curved metal structure which is sliced so the metal takes on a wave form. The sculpture sits on top of a black circle of fabric.

Shedding Seed, steel and fabric (2022).

This is an image of water. At the center is an amorphous concrete cast being covered by waves.

Petrified, cast concrete (2022).

This image shows a beach landscape scene. At the center is a steel sculpture made of curvy metal waves coming together into circlular form.

Shedding Seed, steel and fabric (2022).

This image shows a pink amorphous form on the floor atop a piece of shiny black fabric. The form emits a warm yellow light.

Enfleshed, Tuelle, LED, Vinyl, Polycarbonate (2022)

This image shows a beach scene with a concrete platform at the center. On the platform sits a curved metal structure which is sliced so the metal takes on a wave form. The sculpture sits on top of a black circle of fabric.

Shedding Seed, steel and fabric (2022).

This image shows a beach landscape scene. At the center is a steel sculpture made of curvy metal waves coming together into circlular form.

Shedding Seed, steel and fabric (2022).

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