Tenfold • Sophie White
Sophie White
My work is a direct and instinctive response to the world around me. My sculptures are observations of human behaviour, reflecting comradeship, intimacy, vulnerability, and different states of mind.
I am particularly intrigued by interaction both between people and between humans and animals or inanimate objects such as musical instruments or bicycles which seem to take on a life of their own. I aim to capture a moment that I find poignant, incongruous or subtly humorous such as the contrast of the nonchalant professionalism of a violin teacher and the awkwardness of the novice pupil. The stance and gestures make up an important part of my work.
The scenes I observe are often of people completely absorbed in their own world, totally oblivious to any onlooker and my sculptures tend to draw the viewers into this world. Whilst endeavouring to create aesthetically satisfying form, my sculptures are also about creating an emotional response, personal to each beholder. My work excludes features in order not to distract from shape and to avoid personalising the sculoture, thus enabling others more readily to realte to it. The lack of detail, and the rough texture, also intend to preserve a sense of spontaneity and capture just the essence of our universal human spirit.
