Rebecca Shawyers sculptures have been described as ethereal, intricately decorated carnival imagery, slightly unnerving, beguiling, grotesquely eerily beautiful, theatrical and intense. No two are ever the same.
Rebeccas unique sculptures are in demand with a waiting list for commissions. Her works are in collections both in New Zealand and abroad. For safe transportation she now constructs them with detachable body parts.
Artist's Statement
I am driven by the need to create; it has become as necessary to me as eating and sleeping. My clay sculptures are an expression of my own consciousness, a tribute to the incredible gift of imagination within us all.
Each work has its own spirit, encouraging the viewer to engage, in much the same way they would with another person, unconsciously forming a narrative.
The conception of each sculpture is intuitive; I start directly in clay. Like children they are formed but take on a life of their own. I am often surprised and amused by the results.
I form a very deep attachment to every sculpture I make. Each is a result of my literal hands on approach, the hundred hours and more each work takes to create, and the lifetime they have taken me to conceive.
Products/Services
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Ceramic Sculptures
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Contemporary New Zealand Art
