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Winning form from Outdoor Living Trends volume 2611
Outdoor living areas have come of age in recent years. Increasingly, we treat these alfresco spaces as outdoor rooms, and just like a home interior, art has become one of the key components.
In recognition of this trend, garden sculpture was a feature of the recent Waitakere Home & Garden Show. More than 20 entries were received for the Trends Sculptor of the Year award. Paul Taylor, Trends editorial director, judged the awards and says the entries demonstrated a huge diversity of styles and materials.
"Homeowners have plenty of scope to find the piece that best suits their own outdoor areas," he says.
The Trends Sculptor of the Year award was won by Terry Haines of Auckland.
"Terry Haines' sculpture is a confident, solid piece that suggests a connection with the ocean – it could be a representation of a sail, or a fin," says Taylor. "The scale of this sleek sculpture is ideally suited to a clifftop home, or possibly as a centrepiece in a pool setting."
Haines specialises in forms that intertwine life and nature to convey feeling and emotion. And although much of his work is in stone, Haines says wood is also a familiar medium – the artist creates a variety of dramatic wood sculptures. Other works are in copper and glass.
Many of the sculptor's pieces are displayed in online galleries on his website.
The award runner-up was Tim Holman, whose work reflects a different approach.
"These pieces are very organic, portraying natural shapes that are reminiscent of pitcher plants," says Taylor. "These works would sit well in a bush garden, and would take on a different character when illuminated at night."
Holman, who is based in Coromandel, is renowned for his wood-fired terracotta sculptures that are inspired by nature, notably plant forms. The sculptures are designed to be transformed by light and water, and to evolve over time when exposed to the elements.
Like Haines, Holman exhibits his work online and also undertakes commissions.
For details, contact Terry Haines, phone 021 430 076. Email: terry@ttsculpture.co.nz. Web: www.ttsculpture.co.nz.
Contact Tim Holman, phone 021 187 9912. Email: tim@timholman.com. Website: www.timholman.com.
Haines works in stone, wood, steel and glass, creating flowing sculptures that convey feeling and emotion. Shown here is a sculpture titled Windswept.
Terry Haines has exhibited extensively over the past 10 years. This sculpture is titled Drift.
Auckland sculptor Terry Haines won the Trends Sculptor of the Year award at the Waitakere Home & Garden Show with his basalt sculpture, titled Freedom.
Tim Holman, a sculptor based in Coromandel, was runner-up for the Trends Sculptor of the Year award with the sculpture in the centre of this group, titled Choice or Chance.
These terracotta sculptures by Holman are reminiscent of pitcher plants.
While many of Holman's sculptures are made from wood-fired terracotta mixed with river sand, others are made from recycled materials.
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