on show at Hey Tilly
Bridget made this during a life modelling workshop where two sisters posed as models, where one sister, from Brazil, had become stuck in Australia during the CoVid lockdowns. Here, Bridget aims to capture the intimacy of the two sisters, sculpting the hand of one on the knee of the other. You can hear the full story in the following video:
Bridget Whitehead
From the Artist:
“My art is a natural progression from a childhood interest in rocks and beach combing, through a career as a geologist, to working stone as a sculptor. I grew up in Cheshire, UK, on the boundary of the lush Cheshire plains and the rugged Pennines of millstone grit and drystone walls.
I like to work with natural stone and with stone like materials to make sculpture that is at home either indoors or outside. As a migrant to Australia I am exercised by the question of where is home. The use of stone in my work connects me to my home and my origins.
I am interested in stone as a sculptural medium. The inherent material properties are a result of the conditions under which the stone was formed and to which it has been subjected since formation. In the same way that geology influences the landscape, the rock type surely influences sculpture made from stone.
I have a degrees in Geology and Environmental and Engineering Geology; my art training has been an informal assemblage of workshops and courses. I am a member of The Sculptors Society.”