Matthew Sanderson
Nautilus
Cold cast iron £9,000
Matthew loves working with craft skills and old tools. Deirdres Hubbard wrote this definition of art: "Art is the deliberate arrangement of material to please the senses, stir emotion and engage the mind. It is the vehicle by which private and transient experience may be rendered and permanent."
Breathe
Cold cast bronze £7,500
Matthew is a Designer, Metalsmith and Sculptor currently engaged upon a number of public art projects across the U.K. His company is based in Cambridgeshire and began making 'Focal Points' for permanent display and temporary exhibition in 1994 and has become well known for producing highly crafted, unique and ingenious works in original settings. Although he is a Designer it is perhaps his root in sculpture that mantians his very selective project choices. He maintains that the quality of design and craft take precedence above all and couples this with an enormous amount of energy and what he calls "playing furiously" in the early stages of research and "physical pressure" in realising the final pieces. Although the works always involve a great deal of labour intensive activity he somehow maintains the spontaneity and grace of the original concept. Perhaps it is his training in silversmithing and jewellery making that helps maintain the delicacy and beauty in his use of industrial materials and varied choice of scale. He alone designs and builds the sculptures, as they often require the design and manufacture of unique equipment to realise the designs. He is in love with making. His pencils are steel wires and his dreams come with instructions. Although some of his projects have stretched more than seven years he is incredibly prolific for a one man operation, with over 50 permanent works installed, and many smaller private pieces obtained through his bi annual shows.
