simon gaiger – designer+maker photographs courtesy ‘my sculptures are made from wood, metal and...

Simon Gaiger – designer+maker

photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk

‘My sculptures are made from wood, metal and the materials

that I find around me, often remnants from the managed landscape; thinnings from local woodlands, crown

and root ends of trees, and discarded agricultural implements’. Simon Gaiger


Can you identify the re-cycled parts in the fish?

photograph courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk

‘Portheus (Portheus molossus)

made from re-cycled saw blades


photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk – re-cycled steel including ginder backing pad nuts for eyes.

“I often include found objects in my work, many are iron or steel

and give definite clues as to what they will become. Figures and animals emerge from the

scrap pile to satisfy a childlike recognition of form.” Simon Gaiger

Can you identify the re-cycled parts in the sculpture?

John Dory’

Spice grinder - oak with recycled cast iron wheel.

Can you identify the re-cycled parts in the products?

Candle stick - electric cooker ring + steel belt drive



Can you identify the re-cycled parts in the sculptures?



“I grew up in Africa and the South Pacific,

where art is part of the objects that

are central to everyday life. I hope in my own work to capture this spirit.” Simon Gaiger

re-cycled shears, shackle and cart spring

wine rack - recycled piston liners.

Can you identify the re-cycled parts in the products?

drip,drip,drip light - tap



Collaborative work with John O’Carroll



: steel, cedar shingle and natural pigments from Dakhla Oasis in Egypt


photographs courtesy www.simongaiger.co.uk Ghost Net’, contains hand blown crown glass disc used until the mid 19th century in window panes.



‘My sculptures are made from wood, metal and the

materials that I find around me, often remnants from the managed landscape; thinnings from local woodlands, crown and root ends of trees, and

discarded agricultural implements’. Simon Gaiger

‘Dugong Seat’, beech slab cut from fallen tree and steel fork legs.


Phoenix seat – lightening struck ash


“I work instinctively with wood; a material that in its wild form makes many decisions for you. Its natural twisting and turning, its flow, asks to be followed rather than diverted. I like its roughness and rawness, and do not try to disguise the natural processes but to emphasize and work with them.” Simon Gaiger

Seating – charred cedar



“I grew up in Africa and the South Pacific,

where art is part of the objects that

are central to everyday life. I hope in my own work to capture this spirit.” Simon Gaiger

simon gaiger – designer+maker photographs courtesy ‘my sculptures are made from wood, metal and...

Documents

recycled steel

recycled parts

simon gaigercan

simon gaigerrecycled

simon gaigerdugong seat

collaborative work

steel fork legs

local woodlands