Christine Baxter

This is the website of the artist Christine Baxter

Christine has many works for sale arranged in sections throughout the site. Please click on the portfolio link to view more works.

About Christine Baxter

Artists Statement At the age of six I remember my grandfather digging some clay out of the garden and us making a little dog together. We then dried it out by the fire and the next day we put it in the fire to fire it. It exploded! But I was hooked, I loved drawing and making anything 3D. My foundation was at the Cambridge College of Art and Technology. I was very lucky to be taught by an inspring tutor -Mike Gillespei - who used to be assistant to Epstein, , I loved making portrait busts and made about 8 of all my friends and anyone that would sit for me in that year, exhibiting my work at Caius College at the end of the year. I loved modelling in clay and was advised that the place to go was Camberwell. I was lucky enough to be accepted and it was wonderful. We made full sized figures, portrait busts loads of life drawing, a foundry course and technical exercises such as scaling up and down as well as a foundry course and arc welding. When I left Camberwell I looked in the paper and couldn’t find that “Sculptors Wanted” advert! I worked at various day jobs, carrying on with sculpture on a small scale (no studio) in my spare time until someone put me onto model making for the toy and giftware industry as a way of earning my living. I worked full time in this industry, getting fairly well known at it for about 12 years. This allowed me to build my own studio in Gloucestershire and start to work on the type of work that I wanted to do; modelling from the figure in wax and clay. I love the human form; I love the beauty in the female body, that quiet introspection of a moment, not overtly aware of herself, just being. When I am making a piece I am thinking about balance, gravity, volume and grace, all of these are important for a successful piece. Then there is an added dimension, the material, the act of making, should it be consciously finished or show the unconscious marks of the making and the thinking that goes into its creation. There is something very special, a bit like an impressionist painting when the unconscious making marks are left visible. I want the viewer of the piece to experience some of the love of beauty and grace that I understood whilst I was making the piece. Lastly, I am very interested in the material into which the piece is cast, how this changes the appearance and perception of a sculpture, the colour of the patina can change its look enormously, all these have to be carefully considered.

Christine Baxter and Artstone Christine Baxter is a classically trained sculptor who studied at Camberwell School of Art London. Her company for garden sculptures is Artstone. Background Christine over the last 20 yrs has become a well established sculptor and artist and has worked for many years developing prototype sculptures for the gift industry, clients include: Disney, Warner’s, Brit Alcroft, Lucas Films, Wedgwood and many others Artstone Now based in a converted barn studio in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire she has, over the last couple of years been developing a range of individually designed cast stone garden sculpture. Devoting her time to produce three unique collections - The Classic Collection, The Contemporary Fine Art Collection and The Natural Collection - she has also developed a unique, totally weatherproof, antique copper verdigris patina, which to her knowledge is her own invention. The sculptures are also avaliable in two other finishes - bath stone or a dark faux-bronze finish examples of which can be seen on this site. Going forward Working with resident Artisit and Designer Alex Brown, Christine has plans to produce a number of new designs for the Spring Collection 2009. The focus will be on expanding our Contemporary Fine Art Collection. Customer feedback and sales have shown that this is an under represented market and so over the coming Autumn and Winter months our aim is to create new pieces to complement our existing contemporary range. Our company aims We want to supply garden sculpture that is of an exceptionally high standard of sculpting, all of unique and individual designs, each sculpture produced by hand from start to end making attention to detail and a quality finish a priority in all we produce. Commisions She also undertakes commissions for portrait heads and public sculpture, Signs and commemorative plaques. Forth coming events Despite the wet UK summer we have had this year Artstone Sculpture has had a good year so far. Following on from the success of exhibiting at the Malvern Spring Show in May and thrilled with the joint RHS Bronze Medal recieved with Foliation Christine went on to see the unveiling of the Forest Miner she had been commissioned to do. He now stands proudly upon Pan Tod, Ruardean, Gloucestershire - the highest point in The Forest of Dean. A full range of our sculptures went on to be exhibited at The Royal Welsh Show C/o Kenchester Water Gardens, Herefordshire and with some of Christines now being produced in Bronze the Winter months should also see some of her pieces being exhibited and sold in a number of different art galleries. With Artstone Sculptures now being stocked and sold in a cross section of establishments - From Garden Centres and Antique Reclamation Yards to a number of Historic Houses and Open Country Gardens (See Retail Outlets) - we have also expanded our workshop to cater for the increased demand on sculpture sales this summer. Seja Smyth came on board in June 08 and works alongside Christine playing a pivitol roll in casting and finishing many of the pieces while keeping the workshop running smoothly and efficiently. Christine also teaches sculpting - all her students benefit greatly from Christines expertise. Through study, professional practice, self disipline and hard work over the last 2o yrs Christines knowledge, technical and theoretical understanding of classical and contemporary sculpting is something all who attend her classes can learn from. Sculpting Courses with Christine Baxter For more information on the 3 day Sculpting courses and 2 day casting courses Christine runs please call 01594 542284 or email christinebaxter@talktalk.net Pre booking is required. Life Drawing Sessions with Alex Brown. Artist in Residence Alex Brown will be holding a series of weekly Life Drawing sessions every Wednesday from 1st Oct - 17th Dec 2008. 2 sessions every Wed. 9.15-12.30 and 1.15 - 4.30. £15 per session. No pre-booking neccessay. You can turn up for 1 session or the whole series if you wish. For full details call 012594 542284 or email alexart@talktalk.net.

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