Explores conception, birth, loss and hope.
"...beyond the autobiographical, ultimately this work encompasses the extraordinary chance of life."
"I have spent large parts of my professional life experimenting with materials and processes at an industrial scale. These works, their meaning, casting method, and ultimate linear form are all considered."
2017-2022 Bronze sculpture
2017-2022 Bronze sculpture
2017-2022 Bronze sculpture
2017-2022 Bronze sculpture
2017-2022 Bronze sculpture
“Drawing is at the heart of everything I create. It has no boundaries or particular audience. It’s a paper sketch, the bending of a steel wire, a haiku carved into a kitchen table. Every surface is a possibility. Drawing is for me a fundamental practice to researching, and to honing one’s craft. Ultimately, it is there to externalise questions and observations. Leaving them open to chance, to cross-pollinate and grow.”
To Explore, Make and Educate.
Explore.Empirical investigation and testing of theories, processes, and materials.
Make. To sidestep the analytical mind by engage the full potential of the human hand and senses.
Educate. Community interaction, feedback and growth for all.
“I’ve dedicated my life to comprehend artistic materials and processes. From source to execution, to forgery and authentication, through to its ultimate meaning in the hands of individual artists. As a researcher, maker and educator. I’m here to share what I have learned. Ultimately to enable others to grow and understand.”
Alexander Lumsden coauthored manuscript with Prof. CC. Mattusch, Georgetown University USA, (2022).
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Ancient plaster: casting light on a forgotten sculptural material.
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British Academy conferences bring together scholars and specialists from around the world to consider and evaluate new research in the humanities and social sciences.
Production Manager & Head of Education, 2015-2022
Production Manager at one of Europe’s leading fine art bronze foundries. During my time at Bronze Age London I developed the highest level of craftsmanship in all aspects of sculpture. 2018 promoted to Head of Education to set up and managed Bronze Age London’s Educational department to further the understanding of bronze casting in the 21st century.
Bronze Age LondonThey say:
“Alexander Lumsden is a uniquely generous educator. His wealth of expertise concerning the history of bronze creates a firm and steady foundation for his innovative eye to its future. By offering such an expansive picture of what bronze has been, is, and can be, he sets students up to imagine and experiment rigorously, inviting his audience to use this exciting medium to its full potential. Prompt, generous, flexible and optimistic throughout our communications, he has been a pleasure to work with and learn from.”
