THE WOODBRIDGE SCULPTURE GARDEN IS PROUD TO PRESENT IT’S SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
TEACHER AND PUPIL
Since the re-founding in 1662, Woodbridge School has been educating young minds. This enduring relationship, between teacher and pupil, is celebrated in this exhibition. By this summer there will be four generations of sculptors exhibited. Each artist in turn taught directly by the other, forming an unbroken chain of shared knowledge across the decades.
Today you can see the work of Laurence Edwards who taught Craig Hudson and a piece by Henry Tebbutt who taught Charlotte Webb.
In November a work by Brian Taylor will be sited. Brian was Professor of Sculpture at Camberwell Art School and for twenty years has had his work cast by Laurence, who has taught and lectured here at school and remains an enthusiastic supporter of what we do. Craig Hudson was taught by laurence at University College Suffolk. In the summer, Year 7 will complete this exhibition with a collaborative sculpture made in response to our 350th birthday.
More of Taylorʼs, Edwardsʼ and Hudsonʼs sculpture can be seen at Butley Mills Studios near Orford where they all work and where they continue to educate students of sculpture from across Suffolk and further afield. Henry Tebbutt is Head of Art here at school and he took Charlotte Webb through her GCSE art exam. For any details about this exhibition please contact reception at school on 01394 615000.
CROUCHING MAN:
Crouching Man, by Laurence Edwards. Plaster 2009
This work was originally conceived as a study for a much larger sculpture. A figure crouches at the back of a raft as it drifts the Suffolk backwaters. The man looks back from where he has come and contemplates the certainty of what has happened and of what might await him in the future. For more information about Laurence Edwards and his work go to www.laurenceedwardssculpture.com
STANDING FIGURE:
Standing Figure, by Craig Hudson. Plaster. 2012
Craig graduated, First Class with Honours in 2010. He is already a remarkable sculptor choosing to work with the figure using traditional techniques but with contemporary themes and nuances in his work.
"MADE IT!"
“Made it!” by Henry Tebbutt. Plaster and Willow. 2012
This work is modelled on a Queens House pupil and represents the satisfaction and joy we experience when great heights are climbed. We look up to our childrenʼs achievements be they big ones or small.
TOM:
“Tom” by Charlotte Webb. Mild Steel. 2012
This was the final exam piece that Charlotte made to finish off 2 years worth of GCSE study. This is in fact a drawing. Charlotte bent and laid the steel rod on top of a life size figure drawing. Once welded together and hung, it allows the drawing to move. Floating in space it references the falling action of the body in question. We can see through the drawing and depending on the light it can become at once fleeting and difficult to locate as it swings in and out of view.
