Mannequin Sculptures.
Ordinary display forms, turned into one-off mixed media art. Hand-painted surfaces, wire, metallic finishes and light-sensitive pigments, made in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Original sculpture
A form is only the beginning.
A mannequin is meant to show off somebody else’s work. I prefer to make the mannequin the work itself. The shape stays familiar, but the surface doesn’t have to.
Wire, paint, reflective layers and texture change the way these forms catch your eye. Every finish is worked by hand. These are individual pieces, not a production line of matching ornaments.
Some are about the physical surface. Others make more sense when the light changes.
Two original finishes
Same starting point. Very different results.
One catches ultraviolet light in electric blues, greens and pinks. The other works with metallic colour on black, lit to bring out the warm copper and gold. Both are hand-finished mannequin sculptures, photographed under the lighting that brings out their character.
UV-reactive pigment
Neon under UV
Fluorescent colour over a dark surface. Under UV lighting the paint comes alive in electric blue, green and pink.
Metallics on black
Metallic finish with LED light
Bronze, copper and gold tones over black. The directed lighting picks up the reflective finish and the movement of the poured paint.
The mannequin collection
More from the studio.
More of the original hand-finished mannequin work, photographed to show the shapes, surfaces and individual finishes. Select any photograph to see the larger image.
Paint / light / form
The same form can look completely different after dark.
UV-reactive colour and reflective metallic finishes give the surface another life under different lighting. What looks restrained in daylight can become something else entirely.
How the work changes
More than paint on a form.
01 / Ultraviolet
UV-reactive colour
Fluorescent pigments react under UV light, bringing out colours and details that aren’t seen the same way in ordinary daylight. The lighting is part of how the piece is experienced, not a trick added afterwards.
02 / Reflection
Metallics and LED light
Metallic paint and reflective details shift as the viewing angle and the light change. Directional LED lighting can catch those surfaces in ways flat photographs never quite reproduce.
Original work / enquiries
One-offs. Not copies.
If one of the mannequin pieces catches your eye, get in touch to ask about the work, the finish or availability. These are original mixed media sculptures, and the photographs are only part of the story.
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