Gary Solomon

01 Dec 2014

I love rearranging old tools and bits of metal and having them welded to make sculptures.

I start by gathering a whole lot of pieces of metal from my back shed and playing with the pieces on the ground. I keep rearranging them until I am happy with the layout. Whilst lying on the ground the metal pieces look ordinary but once the metal is welded a transformation happens and the work comes alive.

So lately I have been creating a whole series of amazing figurative sculptures.

Because the metal I am using is often very old the figurative sculptures can look as if from antiquity.

I favour a minimal approach to my sculptures. They often seem to work best by keeping them very simple.

I love these works and feel inspired to keep creating and keep experimenting.