In 1771, German polymath Johann Heinrich Schulze accidentally discovered photography. By dissolving silver bromide particles into a mixture of chalk and acid and exposing it to the sun, he could semipermanently capture shadows. This brilliant, alchemical revelation would birth an entire art form: the medium...
Watch the creative process of this monumental marble project unfold, starting with the extraction of large marble blocks from the Alpuan Alps near Carrara, Italy, ending with installation at a private clients new home in the United States. ...
Effervescent in spirit and light, Seri Tai Grande is a swirling dance in bronze. Mirroring its molten beginning, it glows with warmth while cool and fixed in its final form. Loosely coiled like a mobius strip, Seri Tai's form gives a feeling of eternal movement...
Through several monumental projects and collaborations with renowned architects Richard Meier, Whipple Russell, and Citterio-Viel, the ever-meaningful relationship between art and architecture has become central to Richard Erdman's art practice. Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into...
A reverence for nature’s cyclical patterns echoes through new sculptures Hoku I and Hoku II. Both works are pared down-- tongue-like ribbons of marble that rise from and return to earth in organic, wave-like arches. Inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s famed Edo period woodcut Under the Wave off Kanagawa (widely known as The...
Sculpture is a visual art that consists of creating three dimensional forms from a variety of materials. Here at Richard Erdman Studios, Richard’s preferred materials are white Carrara marble, and bronze, but throughout his 40 year career Richard has also carved limited sculptures in Brazilian Blue...
“Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.” ~ Aeschylus Bronze emerges from a type of alchemy, copper and tin combine to create a material stronger than either, a partnership forged in fire, the molten merge creates a living material....
The Vermont sculpture studio is a work of art in its own right: “Annex”, designed by Brian Mac of Birdseye, renowned architectural studio based out of Burlington, Vermont, is equally inspired by both the artist’s sculptural language and the agrarian context of the surrounding horse farm....
Contemporary sculpture, Spira demonstrates that wonder can be conjured at any scale. Carved from stone formed nearly 200 million years ago, it is part of Earth’s primordial past, now bursting forth with motion. Like a Möbius strip, the surfaces of Spira twist and turn; its sweeping curves...
Approaching abstract sculpture can be intimidating. It has its own language, expressed by the artist through form, color, line, and texture. Artists who make abstract sculpture create their own dialect, born of individual creativity and building on the vernacular of artists who came before: Henry...