Christopher Stone
Christopher Stone sculptor
Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
"Christopher Stone, Ibiza, 2012"
Sculpture
Explore the artistic vision and craftsmanship of Christopher Stone
Toro
A Cor-Ten steel Bull standing on a steel slope on a pyramid. A bit Lynn Chadwick/Picasso with a bit of cubism
90 × 295 kgs
EURO 32,000
Demure
Cor -Ten steel female unicorn. free standing. exterior, interior
65 × 221 kgs
EURO 26,000
Deco Dog
I wanted a machine age, sort of Art Deco style Podenco hound, almost like a hood mascot... anyway this is where I arrived at. I am pleased with it. I have made a bronze edition of 5 taken from this original in Cor-Ten
150 × 90 × 40 kgs
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Playful
On Ibiza we have a local dog breed, originally brought from Egypt to the Island by the Phoenicians. The Podenco is a hunting hound, usually for rabbits, and used in packs. Traditionally abused by their owners, starved and badly treated in general. Of late they are being recognised for what they are, a loving, intelligent and noble dog. There are now Podenco rescue centres all over the world. The Podenco in Egypt was the guardian of the Pharaohs tombs. 1st Image. Verdigris Podenco, 2/4 2nd Image, Decopage PodencO, 1/4 SOLD. 3rd Image. Close detail of decopage Podenco SOLD.
92 kgs
EURO 10,500
Husk with visitor
First Image. The visitor. Second Image. The whole. Third, Image.. Plaster of Paris Maquette. I like deserts, I like the silence, I like the idea that the heat will fry you, I like the idea that they are cold at night, I like Nomads, and I like their mystery. I imagine that this creature has evolved in the desert over Millennium, learning to fight the heat, and the cold, hiding from Nomads that will surely kill and eat it. It is a husk, a dried creature that need very little. He has a visitor gleaning whatever from an already empty shell.
65 kgs
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THE TOWER OF LOVE
Cast bronze LOVE letters with cast bronze male figure.
150 × 320 × 100 kgs
EURO 150,000
Green dog
3mm Cor Ten and 3.5 mm sheet bronze with accelerated natural verdigris patina.
92 × 25 kgs
EURO 12,000
The Traveller
Bronze edition of five. The Traveller is an abstract rendition of our islands (Ibiza) own hunting hound, used traditionally rabbits and hares.After many years of abuse the Podenco has been recognised for what it is, which is an intelligent loving and funny animal, very similar to a greyhound. Thought originally to have been brought to Ibiza by the Phoenicians from Egypt. In Egypt the Podenco was the guardian of the Pharoes tombs.
152 kgs
EURO 32,000
About the Artist
CV Christopher Stone.
Born 17th September 1955 London, England, Christopher attended Holloway County Secondary Modern School (now Holloway Specialist Sports College) after which he obtained a City and Guilds Certificate in Cabinet Making.
Christopher went on to undertake two years work experience with artist designer Ralph Hampton in Shaftesbury Dorset.
To further his studies Christopher, worked at the prestigious London Art Gallery “De Siedner” in Whitmore Street, London W1.
Feeling the pull of social awareness, he went on to teach young criminal offenders basic carpentry skills at Hackney Borough Council, London.E1
Christopher has made prolonged visits to Aswan, Luxor, and Cairo to study Egyptology, and to the Czech Republic to study eastern European Art.
Stone collaborated as artist designer at the Worlds Trade Fair (Expo ‘92) in Seville, Spain, working in both Spanish and British Pavilions.
Upon his arrival in Ibiza Christopher met and collaborated with Barry Flanagan, who mentored Christopher until Flangans death in 2009.
He has exhibited in most Europen cities, as well as the USA.
Christophers work can be seen in many private and public collections across the globe.
Artist Statement
A new approach to making carved sculpture introduced by Brancusi from about 1906. Before that carved sculpture had always been based on a carefully worked out preliminary model. Often it was then actually carved by craftsmen employed by the artist. The marble sculptures of Rodin were made in this way. In direct carving there is no model and the finalform evolves through the process of carving. An important aspect of direct carving was the doctrine of truth to materials (see also Impasto). This meant that the artist consciously respected the nature of the material, working it to bring out its particular properties and beauty of colour and surface. Direct carvers used a wide variety of types of marble, stone and wood. They kept to simple forms which respected the original block or tree trunk. Surfaces were kept uncluttered by detail in order to expose the material itself, and were often carefully polished to enhance the colour and markings. The results were often highlyabstract. In introducing direct carving Brancusi brought about a revolution in the tradition of carved sculpture. After Brancusi, notable direct carvers were Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska,Hepworth and Moore.
Statement
To be born, a sculpture needs love and dedication right to the end...direct carving or free carving is for me the closest one can get to the original concept... cutting directly into the stone has no alternatives.
I try to create a feeling, a wish, or a dream- not a sequence of similar items, not a style, but a complete and random exercise in creativity, my style is that I don't have a style.
Look at a piece, love it, or hate it, just do not try to understand it.
I create because I must create.
My task as a carver is to try and create the things I see in my mind. there is no difference between my original idea and the 3d work in stone.
I do not carve what my eyes see, I carve what I have inside, the beauties of appearance must not smother the beauties of thought.
All my pieces are unique, more because I cannot do the same thing twice with the energy of the original.
Christopher Stone, Ibiza, 2012.