Sam Hopkins | Public figure
Sam Hopkins
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24.01.2022 ‘The Path of Least Resistance’ - 2020, Tasmanian oak. Combining steam bending wood and Litchtenberg fractal burning. A Covid experimental piece of two processes I’ve been wanting to try for some time. @ Perth, Western Australia
23.01.2022 My latest Commision in its new home in Canberra. A birthday present for the clients husband. I provided a gift certificate to be presented on their birthday, I was then able to work with him to create exactly what he wanted and costume make the sculpture for their display shelving. An absolute joy to work with and so happy to see it in its new home!. All photos by the wonderful @davidveart
21.01.2022 Virtual Tour for the day | Sam Hopkins, '2030', Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020. Tour Commentary: Kirsten Hay. Video: Hayden Fortescue. https://youtu.be/-V...tcVNStMNg For this video, we wish to note Sam Hopkin’s sculpture was sponsored by Capral. Capral kindly sponsored the aluminium in the sculptures by Noah Birch, Ellen Broadhurst, Sam Hopkins and Anne Neil in this year’s exhibition. The reference in the video to aluminium being hard to use is a reference for the challenges of welding aluminium not in general.
20.01.2022 ‘Liminal’ 2020, Corten Steel and concrete base. 96 x 70 x 23cm. @ Perth, Western Australia
19.01.2022 . ‘Engulf’ - The overwhelming feeling of being consumed by your thoughts can make you feel paralysed, so absorbed that you can't escape. And yet, our thoughts do not exist outside of our awareness. - Stainless Steel, 59cm x 56 x 21. On exhibit at @trafficjamgalleries
19.01.2022 Last commision of the year now at its new home. Summing up 2020 all too well, an edition to ‘kinesics #3’.
17.01.2022 @sculpturebythesea wraps up tomorrow so I thought I’d share some of my favourite shots showing the polished stainless steel in its constant flux, adapting to the weather and time of day.
14.01.2022 ‘Solace’ 2019. Hollowed out by hand from a Jarrah burl and internally lit with LEDs. Don’t burls just have the most stunning grain @ South Perth, Western Australia
14.01.2022 What was your favourite work of mine in 2020? 2020 was a big year for me, but 2021 is set to be even greater, with a number of big projects in the works. Stay tuned!
13.01.2022 ‘Kinesics #4’ Corten steel & quenched mild steel - 2020. Something I certainly don’t do enough and that’s kick back and soak up some . Part of the Kinesics series. by @jessicawyld @ Perth, Western Australia
12.01.2022 ‘Resilience’ is one of my latest works now on display at @trafficjamgalleries. The epicormic shoot, a sign of life and the true resilience of Australian Flora. A mechanism for survival and primarily seen after bush fires sweep our lands.
12.01.2022 As ‘2030’ is off to its new home this week to a private collection, here's a little reflection on the making of it and its journey to Bondi and Cottesloe as part of Sculpture By The Sea. Title: 2030 Year: 2019 Materials: Aluminium '2030' material sponsorship by Capral Australia More Info: www.samhopkins.com.au/2030... Filmed by Sam Hopkins & THW Visuals Produced by Sam Hopkins Music: Siren Screen by Ooyy
11.01.2022 I’ll be joining @johannespannekoek tomorrow for the @kalamundaopenstudios. Come and say hi, we will have a number of works on display and get an insight into the fabrication process of both our works and view the workshop. Sunday 11th 10am-5pm, 43 Grange Crescent Gooseberrry Hill
10.01.2022 ‘Waiting for hope’ - 2020 A beautiful capture by @dashaprotasova_photography
10.01.2022 Sculpture of the Day | Image: Sam Hopkins, '2030', Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020. Photo: Clyde Yee.
08.01.2022 Excited to share this work, especially after it won the Sculpture/textiles Award at City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award last night. Titled: Leave No Trace - ‘Exploring the balance of manufacturing and nature, like the growingly popular rock stacking. Originally way finders, now taken out of context, exploited by humans and our need to continually make our mark in nature. The constructing of stone stacks, a kind of environmental graffiti, when the purpose to be in natur...e was to leave the human-dominated world behind. As with the process of metal inflation, its a balance of fabrication and nature taking its course. Though the individual forms are primarily dictated by the artist, it is the 'controlled loss of control' of the inflation that brings organic nature into the fabrication not the fabrication into nature.’ Many thanks to the award sponsor: @liquorbarons on Angelo.
07.01.2022 ‘Waiting For Hope’ is now on display in @haleschool Foyer as part of the @fineart_at_hale exhibiting opening today. Due to the uncertainty of Covid the exhibition will be run online this year and the @fineart_at_hale team have done a great job putting it together and making the most of an unusual year. To engage with the students a number of works have been installed throughout Hale School grounds for the duration of the online exhibition. @ Hale School
07.01.2022 ‘Fragmented Nostalgia’ is off to its new permanent home in NSW .I thought I’d give a bit of insight into the journey of this work and what it can take for the right person, at the right time, in the right situation to put the red dot on a work. ‘Fragmented Nostalgia’ has exhibited in 7 different exhibitions/locations across Australia which also saw it up on a billboard in Canberra.Its gone from the studio to Darlington > South Perth > Subiaco > Perth CBD > South Perth > Sydney > Batemans Bay > Kingswood > Bondi > Woolloomooloo > Walsh Bay > New home Thanks again to @artpark_aust
07.01.2022 One of my favourite images of ’2030’ at Sculpture By The Sea Bondi. The legendary security guard at SXS watering the tree with the last bit of hope for it to show some life.... or just giving it a bit of a clean for me ‘2030’ Aluminium - 2019.
06.01.2022 ‘Interdependence’ 2020, Corten steel and granite. An exploration of the relationship between two forms through metal inflation. Breathing life into metal by metamorphosis of steel from a flat and unpliable state into a soft and dynamic form. by @jessica.wyld
05.01.2022 New work being installed inside this big guy at the end of the month - watch this space
04.01.2022 Gliding through the dining room. Part of a commission from last year installed over in the beautiful Switzerland
04.01.2022 A year ago this week! Putting the final touches of ‘2030’ before it was shipped over to @sculpturebythesea Bondi. Oh what a relief it was putting the finishing touches on this project after putting in nearly a 1000 man hours.
04.01.2022 A quiet morning down at @sculptureatbathers earlier this year. ‘Waiting For Hope’ 2020, aluminium. Sponsored by @capralaluminium.
03.01.2022 Sydney followers! Untitled 2021 opens this Saturday @trafficjamgalleries . Excited to be apart of this exhibition alongside 11 other artists from across Australia. Make sure you get down to see it!
03.01.2022 ‘Breaking Ground’ now permanently installed in the beautiful foyer of Brookfield Properties South32 tower. Utilising the recycled glass from the recent redevelopments the work stands 4.8m tall.
02.01.2022 Excited to be apart of the SPRING Mentoring program with Sandra Murray, Thanks to Artsource & Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
02.01.2022 ‘Fluid’ 2020, reclaimed Jarrah. by @jessicawyld @ Perth, Western Australia
