Chris Buck Artist CV
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Chris Buck was born in Slough in 1956. He studied at Redruth School of Art in Cornwall.
The son of a toolmaker, Chris Buck, spent several years working in various foundries. This hands on Read more
experience enabled Chris to gain a thorough knowledge of casting techniques and general metal processes.
Chris Buck is inspired by the St Ives sculptors and in particular artists Dame Barbara Hepworth and Denis Mitchell and their abstract sculpture pieces. Creating modern sculpture in both wood and stone, it is in bronze that Chris finds the greatest satisfaction, combining natural forms and industrial precision to achieve individual pieces of strength and beauty.
Chris Buck works in his studio which is in a converted byre, overlooking fields and hedgerows. This Cornish idyll brings a feeling of harmony with the natural world to his art. Typically his inspiration may be in found objects, natural and man-made, or the open countyside surrounding his studio. However, it is in the industrial precision that Chris brings to the highly finished bronzes that is so memorable.
Talking about his sculptures Chris Bucks says:" Most of the sculpture I produce is pure abstract and sand cast in bronze. Generally I am able to visualise the finished piece the moment I start working with what will eventually become the pattern. For me the evolution of a sculpture is an organic process and there is no planning or drawing. As soon as the casting arrives from the foundry, I work through all the finishing processes, grinding, filing, texturing, patinating, polishing and finally mounting. This usually takes several days and during this time I play with ideas for the next sculpture piece. It still gives me a real thrill and sense of achievement to have a finished sculpture in front of me. To finally see the contrast between the polished surfaces and textured patinated areas, this combined with the challenge of producing a balanced piece, is to me what it's all about."
In addition to Red Rag Art Gallery Chris Buck has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each sculpture at Red Rag is sourced from the Chris Buck artist studio and like all Red Rag British sculptures can be shipped worldwide.
