1. Since I enjoyed working with the wire I have decided to continue to explore it. While
researching artists that use wire I came across Anthony Gormley.
Anthony Gormley is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North,
a public sculpture in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February
1998.
He has created large human sized sculptures
using wire.
His work is quite interesting as he doesn’t
draw with the wire or just create humanlike
statues; he makes the wire come out of the
sculpture. For example in the picture on the
left, this statue looks as thought the wire id
coming out of the statue like a worldwide.
The human like shape looks almost like a
shadow and the wires protruding from it
sport of form a blur.
I also enjoy the work of Gavin Worth. He
never attended art school, and in his spare
time has nurtured a ‘lifelong obsession’ with
drawing, painting, and sculpture.
Via his website: ‘’by bending black wire into
something of freestanding line drawings, I
create sculptures that engage the viewer by
involving them in their subtle changes. When
the light in the room shifts, so does the mood of the piece. A breeze might softly move an
arm. My wire sculptures tell stories of simple human moments: a woman adjusting her hair,
a face gazing from behind tightly wrapped arms, a mother gently cradling her baby. The
honest, unguarded moments are the ones that I find to be the most beautiful.’’
The thin I like most about his work is what he creates; the simple everyday poses he
recreates are quite beautiful. Also, I like the linear style of his wire drawings.