Sculpture titled "Perroquet" by Baptiste Vanweydeveldt, Original Artwork, Ceramics

Perroquet (2021) Sculpture by Baptiste Vanweydeveldt

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Sculpture, Ceramics / Clay / Wood / Terra cotta / Thread / Patchwork on Metal

Artworks classification

One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 21.7in, Width 7.9in
Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Categories Sculptures under $1,000 Symbolism Bird

This sculpture is an assembly of enamelled ceramic with an animal figure surmounting a wooden base surrounded by a skirt of fabrics and fabric topstitched by DMC threads in the manner of Japanese Sashiko Borro (set of worn textile sewn together revealing the seams) and a square base metal plinth. Medium in size (approx. 55cm), it is easily placed on a piece of furniture or a sideboard. Its name "Parrot" evokes the psittaciform bird, characteristic by its plumage in spring colors (lavender, yellow and red) and its hooked beak, its oblique gaze scrutinizes us and questions us and is about to tell us something; it is precisely one of the characteristics of this species of birds endowed with a great intelligence which is able to learn up to 800 words of vocabulary and which fascinates us as much (which also threatens its existence so much not the deforestation and the excessive poaching of the latter ...) Companion of pirates and legendary trafficker of all kinds, it will give amateurs an air of cabinet of curiosities in your interior ... Avoid confiding your secrets too much, it is above all a nice talker who will be able to sell the wick of your anecdotes!

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Ceramics

Sculpture technique using as raw material a malleable Earth which can have different color then cooked to increase its solidity.

Clay

Sculpture technique using as a raw material a malleable soil that can have different colors.

Wood

Sculpture technique using wood, natural material of plant origin.

Thread

Technique consisting in creating a work based on textile threads and which can be decorated by adding color or material.

Patchwork

Technique which consists in assembling several pieces of fabrics of sizes, forms and different colors to carry out various types of works.

Technic Sculpture

Sculpture is an artistic activity which consists of designing and producing shapes in volume, in relief, either in the round (statuary), in high relief, in low relief, by modeling, by direct carving, by welding or assembly. The term sculpture also designates the object resulting from this activity.

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Baptiste Vanweydeveldt

France

Visual artist, born in 1978 in Lille. currently lives in Caen, France.

I situate my work between a laboratory of forms (search for volume through drawing, painting and sculpture) and a tendency towards DIY (recycling of found objects and materials, transformation of their uses, reinvestment of their signs and questions about their subjects). I approach several mediums at the same time in order to extend the creative process to other fields of research: anthropology, natural sciences, etc.
The pooling of the two works like a small world with its own energy flows.
Usually I start with a series of sketches, notes and diagrams. I also rely on my reading, on a lot of images, which I feed on with bulimia. I exhaust their meanings until there is emulsion. This may explain the dreamy but also saturated appearance of my installations. Without cultivating a pessimistic view of the world, despite everything, I question our future through figures that are close to us, towards an imaginary that I wish to be collective; it is an opening onto a composition with multiple perspectives.
My recurring themes are environmental around the domus (house, private sphere/public sphere, hospital, etc.) and the extended living, according to a spatial questioning centered on the flow of energies, on magnetism and a set of enigmatic correlations.