Sweeney creates amazing sculptural pieces, usually just with paper. According to his web page 'Richard’s practise combines the disciplines of design, photography, craft and sculpture, resulting in a varied output of work'. This type of craft must be very time-consuming but the outcomes are simple beautiful.
This piece, ' The Angel',a life size sculpture is made out of paper and the wings alone are 20 metres of pleated cartridge paper. I really like this piece but it is the photographs Sweeney took of this sculpture which really caught my eye....I cannot post them here but they can be seen here http://www.richardsweeney.co.uk/angel/angel.html . It appears as though the figure has moved through the space because there is a ghost-like, blur to the images. I think it is hauntingly beautiful. It is just like the 'trace' effect I hope to achieve with my photographs of people and their imprint upon a space.
This is from the set of works 'Motion Forms' . These interesting pieces are made from folded watercolour paper and I think the effect is so elegant and engaging.
This is something I could look at in relation to human motion through a space or environment and the imprint this leaves behind.
He has some beautiful drawings and monoprints too,
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