Christophe Gordon Brown

Christophe Gordon Brown is a Sculptor who work in Cambridge."We use small lumps of Soap-stone which are easily carved, have lovely colours and polish up well.I will teach you how to imagine your form and how to carve it, or you can start off by following one of mine.All carving materials are provided.Bring a packed lunch for yourself.After the workshop, there may be room in the studio to work in your own time.To book a workshop or studio time contact me using the details below.I run introductory workshops on the first and third weekend of each month from 10am to 5pm. The cost is £70. Location CB4 3QS." says Christophe Gordon Brown

Great Arc
"Great Arc" - £2700

Hole in the Wall
"Hole in the Wall"- kilkenny stone

Ancient Man
"Ancient Man"- Hornton / £1500

Modern Man
"Modern Man"- Granite / £2000


The work is usually in stone. Simplicity is the governing concept. The curve symbolises the fluid and dynamic aspect; the straight line the static, structural and orderly. A correct balance between the two brings a tension that appears to mimic life itself, too much chaos or too much rigidity both seem to introduce a breakdown.
The work proceeds using one’s feeling, not by thinking, or following any conceptual idea.  It is a self educating process, the work is an embodiment of your inner vision, and is a test of it. You work and adjust, work and adjust. Without a material world to make impressions in, knowledge, learning and development (so evolution) would fly away.

There are various reasons an artist creates – firstly to represent what he sees in front of him, secondly, to express his own personal interior life, thirdly to articulate the zeitgeist or times in which he lives, and fourthly to embody that which he sees beyond himself - a vision of a new potential (the four modes do intermix).
The last is a tricky challenge, he has to keep one foot in the known world whilst journeying into the unknown (within) without loosing his marbles! - for the increased sensitivity needed in order to grasp what is there, can leave him unprotected and vulnerable from the so called external real world…
I like the Sculptor's works, because it's all mainly done with different stones, they're all really classic and not too big, they suit anywhere, at home too..
The designs are very simple, from natural forms or geometric but very sensitive in the way it's done. 

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