Sculptor: Stan Ferguson - SHEFFIELD BEACH

It was such an unexpected bonus - having Stan's works submitted for exhibition - with a feel for creating sculpted works from discarded items.............his pieces fitted the bill of "Antiquity" ...to the tee!! They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder...oh, that the world could see beauty the way Stan sees it....creatively!!!


Shown above - Sea Green - also known as ANTIQUITY I - Porthole - the porthole is from a sunken ship....hidden treasure?? This piece was used to set the tone in the ' Study' set up of the Exhibition .

I asked Stan's wife Wendy Ferguson - an artist who also has a post on the blog - for a little background info on the man ...she had this to say...

Stan has been making his creative sculptures for several years - using glorious old pieces of wood, railway sleepers and other - which he teams with 'found' objects chosen mainly for their unique shapes and the interesting way they have aged. Some of his works are large free-standing pieces and incorporate beadwork from northern Zululand circa 1950's, handmade wooden beads, cloth from central and East Africa, copper, wire, etc. All the railway-sleeper-bolts are also dated, some going back to 1929.

One of Stan's wood sculptures. Free-standing. Title 'The Railway' because he has used old railway sleepers and original old 'dated' railway-sleeper-bolts. (Wendy Ferguson)

ANTIQUITY III - Wood Plane...note the brass tap which lifts the colour of the wood and draws attention to the shape of the plane...

'IRON MAN' - A 'character piece' in antique woods, burnished copper and pebbles.

A picture in copper mounted on wood. The title is 'ASP' because of the symbolism of the snake with forked tongue.