SCULPTURE BY COL HENRY 

Just appointed as Resident Sculptor for Sydney Heritage Fleet  with an exhibition late 2010     see LOOK LATEST WORK 
            July 2009    COMMISSIONED BY WOLLONGONG COUNCIL for large Stainess Steel Public Sculpture. ****
           May 2009  COMMISSIONED BY NATIONAL PARKS / DECC for large Stainless Steel Public Sculpture.

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Sculpting - Col Henry has been accredited with many ground breaking techniques and mediums including, Stainless steel, bronze, resins and more. Sculpture has been his life long passion, creating unique and interesting works of art, teaching in his studio, and designing and installing many sculptures in private and public areas. His philosophy requires the artist to imagine the concept, find ways to design and conceive, develop and improve and finally to actually make and install the works. One of his latest styles, the "Gossamer Series", involves physically sketching in space, which is innovative and  explores figurative sculpture, where the spacial relationships take on a greater importance than the positive surfaces of the works. He is recognised as an innovator, not an imitator, and his unique work has developed over 40 years of dedication to his art.

New work to be installed in Wollongong June 2009

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This work explores the many 'Sea Stories' relating to the Wollongong area. The icons on the totems symbolize Seabirds and the Wind, Fire and Flame, the Fishing Net, and the Fishing Boat  - The first fishing licence issued was to a local Aboriginal Fisherman

Col Henry at his studio in the beautiful
Yarramalong Valley

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Some recent works displayed
in front of his studio

New work in Wollongong June 2009

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ARTIFACTS  stainless steel, up to 1.5m long, A work exploring the relationship between Aboriginal and European artifacts


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Hunting Sticks
Part of the works installed at Dandry Gorge, 
3.5 m tall  stainless steel
The works are inspired by the landscape, but
have a strong figurative influence.
They have stories engraved on the lower surfaces
of the local Aboriginal Communities Stories
They are also musical

LATEST WORK  MAY 2009

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'Spirit of the Scrub' installed in Dandry Gorge , near the Warrumbungles,  NSW
Two spirit figures perched on a cliff looking into the gorge

3.5 meters high, made from 316 stainless steel


'Gossamer Sculptures'

Recent winning sculptures. The material is a product and technique has been developed by the artist over the last few years. "COLCAST AND PURE GLASS" is strong, flexible, lightweight and designed for outdoor installation. It produces ethereal and enigmatic figurative sculpture, where the spacial relationships take on a greater importance than the positive surfaces of the works.
The illusion and allusion is made stronger through the narrative of ambiguity and the viewer should negotiate their own meaning of the intriguing elements.


'Stainless Steel Sculptures'

Sculpture designed for outdoor installation where strength and longevity are required. The combination of steel with its organic and natural surfaces, and the simplicity and resilliance of stainless steel are combined in an exciting and elegant juxtaposition. Works include some Public Sculptures that are over 4 meters tall.