Jan Truman

How a typical sculpture is made :

The creation process begins by visualizing the overall form to identify its elemental parts. Each unit is then designed separately to consider its colour, shape and texture. These are then translated into ‘numerical patterns’ to become the knitting guilds I use to make the various ribbons.

The next stage is to transform the ribbons into a sculpt-able form by hand lashing additional wires to the edges. Finally, when all the sections are ready I can begin to sculpt. This is where intuition takes over and my hand/eye partnership synergise. Slowly the piece emerges as I work to balance the swirls, colours and flourishes.

Each be-jewelled creation is like an adventure… fun, challenging, always different.