Marcella:
How did you get into this line of work?
Adrian: Art was the
only subject I was interested in back in high school. I then studied art at TAFE
for three years and it was really fun.
Marcella:
What inspires you?
Adrian: I’d have to say
that I’m my own inspiration, I don’t look at anything to get inspiration, I
come up with ideas and do them.
Marcella:
What’s your recent project?
Adrian: They’re clear
resin skulls with dried roses on the top on a stand. They look like trophies
but I think of them as totems.
Marcella:
How did you come up with this?
Adrian: Skulls are one
of my main subjects. I wanted to think of something to keep skulls fresh and
cool and do something different. I do a lot of sculpture and I work a lot with
resin and I like how the light catches the resin so I thought it would look
cool. One of my main themes in my work is light and dark and I like how the
resin really emphasises that.
Marcella:
What was the process?
Adrian: When I come up
with an idea, rather than sketching it on paper, I do a lot of mental
sketching, it’s quicker that way. I visualised it from all angles, planned it
out and moved on to making the skull using clay. When I got the basic shape I
did a quick mould out of plaster then a wax cast for details. After the wax I moved
onto the silicone and took a mould made from lego from the wax skull. I then
mixed up the resin and then we had a resin skull. After the mould was done I
had the idea to have the metal teeth. This is an example of not having the
project 100% planned out. I did know I wanted to have resin dipped flowers from
the beginning.
Marcella:
Where will you be selling these?
Adrian: Olga Lewis has
an online store and I’ve talked to Apache Rose located in Cronulla.
Marcella:
How did they find out about you?
Adrian: I had a lot of
people inquire about my work though my TAFE exhibitions. If I want to sell my
work I have to keep it light. Sellers are editors in a way. You want to do what
you want but you have to keep in mind that its business and they want something
that they can sell. It’s good to pay attention to what’s popular.
Marcella:
What’s next for you?
Adrian: I have two ways
to do art, commercial and my own. Commercial art is a lot easier, you look at
what will sell, but it’s not my passion. I don’t look for inspiration because I
want the idea to originate from me and manifest that into the world. That’s why
I do what I do; I make something that wasn’t there before.
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