She IS the Master of negative space. Her work to create these negative spaces in the most indomitable materials creates a tension, with or without strung chords, one can feel the stress points. Yet they do not give. They do not falter.
Her workshop/home studio in St. Ives is one of the monumental trips of my life. To live and breathe art. To wake to the jagged shores of Cornwall. To taste the salt in the air.
The distress natural elements offer any surface is akin to a partner in her devices. One feels they all work together in her head and hands, as the wind whipping through the crevices in rocks or the water crushing through between the smallest spaces to wear them gradually, organically, all united in purpose.
Her forms became what nature intended.
Beautiful piece nicely written— it took me back. Brilliant woman. Like no other.
Beautifully said! Hepworth truly mastered the dialogue between form, space, and material. That tension you describe….the balance between resistance and surrender….makes her work feel so alive, almost breathing. The connection of her process to the natural forces of Cornwall; her sculptures feel like they belong to the landscape, shaped by the same elements. Visiting her St. Ives studio is a must! What a place to witness the heart of her artistry! Writing this took me back, too.
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She IS the Master of negative space. Her work to create these negative spaces in the most indomitable materials creates a tension, with or without strung chords, one can feel the stress points. Yet they do not give. They do not falter.
Her workshop/home studio in St. Ives is one of the monumental trips of my life. To live and breathe art. To wake to the jagged shores of Cornwall. To taste the salt in the air.
The distress natural elements offer any surface is akin to a partner in her devices. One feels they all work together in her head and hands, as the wind whipping through the crevices in rocks or the water crushing through between the smallest spaces to wear them gradually, organically, all united in purpose.
Her forms became what nature intended.
Beautiful piece nicely written— it took me back. Brilliant woman. Like no other.
Beautifully said! Hepworth truly mastered the dialogue between form, space, and material. That tension you describe….the balance between resistance and surrender….makes her work feel so alive, almost breathing. The connection of her process to the natural forces of Cornwall; her sculptures feel like they belong to the landscape, shaped by the same elements. Visiting her St. Ives studio is a must! What a place to witness the heart of her artistry! Writing this took me back, too.