UK artist Celia Smith create delicate bird sculptures and installations using various forms of wire, that look like detailed sketches drawn by pen.
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"I use wire to create sculptures. Each sculpture that I make is a three-dimensional drawing with the wires representing a quality of line."
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"Birds are my main inspiration; capturing their movement and character is my primary concern. I find that wire has a spontaneity that can give my sculptures a feeling of life and energy."
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"I like the fact that you can change it and re-work things in wire. And I think birds and wire go together. The wire gives the sculptures a sense of lightness and movement that you wouldn’t get if you used other materials."
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"I always have a sketch book on the go and when I visit a reserve to study a particular bird, I make a series of sketches (although I will also do little wire studies) which I then build up in the studio to make a life-size piece."
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"I don’t really like using photographs as I find the results too staid and too detailed – they’re quite frustrating. I find I get to understand how a bird moves and flies much better if I study it for several hours and try and capture it on paper. All birds have different characters – some are more twitchy than others – and you need to look at them closely to get their character."
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All images are © Copyright of Celia Smith
Check her website: http://celia-smith.co.uk/gallery/
Source: Ideas In The Making
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"I use wire to create sculptures. Each sculpture that I make is a three-dimensional drawing with the wires representing a quality of line."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTR1HFrC4uwfVadT58BFYq8cdfZEFXRThibhc6cUKpecgcE2HXGkUiqLXs5cvOlIgWhrsb0qG-9laUe7hiKRlD7Hw2M_QYf0sd0eSNAnSXc950LBYvtS-tOsWQuB4kGQCAbu8yqngn98/s1600/02.jpg)
"Birds are my main inspiration; capturing their movement and character is my primary concern. I find that wire has a spontaneity that can give my sculptures a feeling of life and energy."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJ3xidxxjTLsLSB6wdfQ0B3HDFIDPtK1yVxr4e9iyLsxjTXI-An93T43tDl4_gwWbookYwbt9XDl4iv7mzN_1WLvCzqmgh1enoC05LNMwF1xC0tWyU3cA2zONWwTdaRFO2NQHf-B_3fs/s1600/03.jpg)
"I like the fact that you can change it and re-work things in wire. And I think birds and wire go together. The wire gives the sculptures a sense of lightness and movement that you wouldn’t get if you used other materials."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_tzO74IGOkoYDyGNLfSz_KTJMUWSlnZeVaKt7zB8mr2BIweGkaWNozqAu6s0Z7vZBxCxIOpzWPIJX2Qu-TWNWbnnMvKNEclU8cT7GUWi2I7l8d_6sDPQSGDWwsBJGF6VGTy-MvcRn-0/s1600/04.jpg)
"I always have a sketch book on the go and when I visit a reserve to study a particular bird, I make a series of sketches (although I will also do little wire studies) which I then build up in the studio to make a life-size piece."
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8hNG2fL7W84irDFMzPTP36N-x-SJw_ivqlPid70FzIylfHlcYlvulSHBtRYjMPjn9OkPDgXiKF5YSvf-kmZsDq5RiB65k1QjbH6GZ626bXxnKzoKg1c74SRrMBjeBMOZCmWne-jlq3o/s1600/05.jpg)
"I don’t really like using photographs as I find the results too staid and too detailed – they’re quite frustrating. I find I get to understand how a bird moves and flies much better if I study it for several hours and try and capture it on paper. All birds have different characters – some are more twitchy than others – and you need to look at them closely to get their character."
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All images are © Copyright of Celia Smith
Check her website: http://celia-smith.co.uk/gallery/
Source: Ideas In The Making
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