UNIQUE AND TOGETHER
UNIQUE and TOGETHER explores the tension between our uniqueness and our togetherness. Human sociability is key to creativity, however we choose to express it. Each clay head in this vast installation is made by a different person in a collaboration in which we are all unique participants in one social sculpture. Each of us with our own personal creative contribution to offer humanity.
Here at The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, we, like the internationally renowned artist Joseph Beuys, celebrate the creativity of human beings. For Beuys, the ideal was for life and art to merge and to become one big social sculpture that encourages the creativity of everyday life and is capable of changing the world.
JOIN IN SHAUN CATON’S SCULPTURE WORKSHOP & MAKE YOUR OWN CLAY HEAD TO EXHIBIT IN THE INSTALLATION ON TUESDAY 11th MAY & WEDNESDAY 12th MAY
We are delighted to welcome the acclaimed artist Shaun Caton to Aldeburgh and thrilled he is hosting a workshop on the making of clay heads. This will take place on Tuesday 11th May and Wednesday 12th May in and around the Lookout. Please email Caroline at caroline@carolinewiseman.com to book your sculpting session with Shaun. £30 will cover materials, tuition and entry into the Unique and Together installation on Aldeburgh Beach. Shaun has exhibited and performed all around the world.
How to make a head?
Collect your clay and armature from Caroline Wiseman at the Aldeburgh Beach Lookout. Sculpt your head on a table outside the Lookout or take it home to make. Look at the film here for guidance and google other films on the modelling of clay heads. The clay is air-dried so no need to be fired. Keep the clay on the armature and, keeping it simple, with simple shapes, model so it forms a head. Keep it moist and covered with a plastic bag while working on it and then, when finished, take off the bag and let it slowly dry until it is solid. You can use accessories to add character but please do not paint your head as the grey of each head unites it as one installation. Bring your head here in time for the 12 May installation. Then take your head home with you afterwards to keep.
What to do next?
Email Caroline Wiseman at caroline@aliveintheuniverse.com or ring her on 07808 723309 to arrange to collect your clay and armature. You can pay the £30 participation fee (to cover all materials and guidance) through a bank transfer