Gallery
Gallery One - small and medallic scaled sculpture
Sculpture to view and experience in the hands. Here you become a participant as well as a viewer. You can find more details and contextual information in ‘Catching Fishiness’ catalogue.
Earth in our hands, 2017
Bronze, lost-wax process, Kiln-cast glass, lost wax process h. 9cm Edition of 5
Beginnings, 2017
Bronze, lost-wax process h. 9cm w. 14.5cm d. 10cm Edition of 5
Beginnings, 2017
Kiln-cast glass, lost-wax process h. 9cm w. 14.5cm d. 10cm Edition of 5
Flype, 2017
Bronze, lost-wax process
h. 7.5cm w. 14.5cm d. 11cm Edition of 5
Flype, 2017
Kiln-cast glass, lost-wax process
h. 7.5cm w.14.5cm d. 11cm Edition of 5
Circle Round, 2017
Bronze, lost-wax process h. 4.5cm w. 18cm
Edition of 5
Circle Round, 2017
Kiln-cast glass, lost-wax process h. 4.5cm w. 18cm Edition of 5
Bow-bird becoming I, 2017
First evolution of the bowline: obverse
Bow-bird becoming I, 2017
First evolution of the bowline: reverse
Becoming Bow-bird II, 2017
Second evolution of the bowline knot: obverse
Becoming Bow-bird II, 2017
Second evolution of the bowline knot: reverse
Gallery Two
Each medal here has two sides described as ‘obverse’ and ‘reverse’, made in bronze, through the lost-wax process, they are all around 10cm wide and in an edition of 20. You can find more details and contextual information in ‘Catching Fishiness’ catalogue.
World View I, 2011
Windings: obverse
We look through; a universal continuum perpetually spinning through its own centre - spiralling energy systems define our being – within the spiralling galaxy we turn.
World View I, 2011
Entropy: reverse
World View, II, 2011
Sun: reverse
World View, II, 2011
Of earth: obverse
The Snail and The Moon, 2017
The Snail: obverse
The Snail and The Moon, 2017
The Moon: reverse
Drover’s Moon, 2017
Horned Moon: obverse
Drover’s Moon, 2017
Drove Road: reverse
Gallery Three - A Year and A Day: A series of five medals. 2011
Inspired by the fourteenth Century poem, ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’, as translated by Simon Armitage, and acknowledged as one of our first ecological poems; a place where myth and folklore intertwine within cyclical time. The medals are made with the intention of weaving glimpses of insight into the journey of the poem, and not necessarily to illustrate.
Gallery Four
Domestic-scale sculpture for the home or possibly the garden. Lost-wax bronze cast, and bronze/iron cold cast resin processes, as described. You can find more details and contextual information in ‘Catching Fishiness’ catalogue.
Fatted Calf, 2013
Bronze, lost-wax process, h. 37cm, incl. base, w. 25cm, d.10.5cm, (base 30 x 12 x 3 cm) edition 2/9
Fatted Calf, 2013
Bronze, lost-wax process, h. 37cm, incl. base, w. 25cm, d.10.5cm, (base 30 x 12 x 3 cm) edition 2/9
Boat Form, 2007
Bronze, lost-wax process, on a slate base. h. 780cm, w. 240cm, d.100cm, incl. base. edition 3/5
Boat Form, 2007
Bronze, lost-wax process, on a slate base. h. 780cm, w. 240cm, d.100cm, incl. base. edition 3/5
Fish Form, 2011
Bronze lost-wax process. h. 53cm, w. 57 d. 9cm. edition 3/5
Fish Form, 2011
Bronze lost-wax process. h. 53cm, w. 57 d. 9cm. edition 3/5
Doves, 2008
Bronze lost-wax process, h. 21cm, w. 51cm, d. 22cm. edition 2/9
Dove, 2008
Bronze, lost-wax process, h. 27cm, w. 32cm, d. 10cm. edition 2/9
Veil of Isis, 2010
Bronze, lost-wax process, h. 43 cm, w. 16.5 cm, d. 10cm. edition 1/5
Needlewoman, 2016
Bronze/iron, cold-cast resin process. h. 72cm, w. 140cm, d. 80cm. incl. base, edition 2/5
Stargazer, 2016
Bronze/iron, cold-cast resin process. h. 46cm, w. 37cm, d.10cm. incl. base, edition 2/5
Basketmaker, 2016
Bronze/iron, cold-cast resin process. h. 53cm, w. 35 cm, d. 7cm. incl. base, edition1/5
Spinner, 2017
Bronze/iron, cold-cast resin process. Cast iron base.
Water Bird I, 2015
Bronze cold-cast resin process, h. 26cm, w. 39cm, d. 23cm, edition 2/5
Water-birds are revered in Chinese mythology for bridging the worlds of earth, air and water.
Water Bird I, 2015
Bronze cold-cast resin process, h. 26cm, w. 39cm, d. 23cm, edition 2/5
Water-birds are revered in Chinese mythology for bridging the worlds of earth, air and water.
Water Bird II, 2017
Bronze, cold-cast resin process, h. cm, w. cm, d. cm edition 2/5
Pairings, 2014
Bronze, cold-cast resin process, wood base, h.36cm, incl. base w. 30cm, d. 12cm. Edition 2/5.
Gallery Five: Drawings
The original drawings are developed from paper darkened with charcoal prior to finding the flower forms by its removal. This way of working acknowledges the general response of plants to grow from the dark towards the light.
Bluebell, 2016
Hyacinthoides non-scripta: the exquisite blue-violet appears to hover in the British Spring woodlands, a poisonous plant.
framed size h. 74.5cm, w. 57cm. mount window h. 51cm, w. 33cm
Bleeding hearts, 2016
Dicentra: the distinctively shaped flowers interpreted as Bleeding Hearts or Dutchman’s Breeches; a European cultivar originating from Vancouver.
framed size h. 54cm, w. 78cm, mount window, h. 30 cm, w. 54cm
Rosebay Willowherb, 2016
Epilobium augustifolium: fireweed, found on disturbed land margins, a pioneer plant, with edible pith.
framed size h. 88cm, w. 67cm. window h. 64cm, w. 43cm
Honesty, 2016
Lunaria: the moon-like seedpods of this plant give it its name, it is a member of the brassica family; the leaves are edible.
framed size h. 66cm, w. 66cm. window h. 42cm, w. 42 cm
Sweet Chestnut, 2016
Castanea sativa: the brown fruit from the broad-leaved sweet-chestnut tree is enclosed in a spiny case. Possibly introduced into Britain by the Romans who ground the nuts into a flour or course meal; we enjoy the nuts now, roasted.
framed size h. 74.5cm, w. 57cm. window h.34.5cm, w.34.5cm
Catching Fishiness
Catching Fishiness provides contextual insight into the sculpture and drawings as pictured in the Galleries of Jo Naden’s website.
With a forward by the writer/painter Deborah Catesby, we are given astute insight into Jo’s working practice.
The work is grouped into three areas of concern, The beginning, The beginning of time and Shared Mythologies; extensively illustrated, the catalogue is a valuable starting point for anyone wanting to know more about her work.
