Marble And Stone Sculptures By Matthew Simmonds

From his early childhood he was fascinated by stone buildings an affection that flows into his artworks where stone architecture is used as a central theme.

Marble and stone sculptures by matthew simmonds.

Artist matthew simmonds creates miniature sculptures that are meticulously carved out of stone and marble as a trained stonemason simmonds focuses on architectural stone carving with a special interest in sacred architecture. Particularly the medieval architecture with its striving to get to a new sophistication of space comes alive in the marble. Each architectural sculpture exists within raw slabs of stone culminating in awe inspiring works of art that are alluringly ethereal yet inherently grounded in earthly shells. From his early childhood he was fascinated by stone buildings an affection that flows into his artworks where stone architecture is used.

After matthew graduated from the university of east anglia in 1984 he has worked on the restoration of several major english national monuments most importantly westminster abbey and. Artist matthew simmonds creates exquisite marble models of sacred architecture. His small scale artworks are self described internal worlds and each one of the pieces explores themes such as the play of light and shadow as well as the. Inspired by a lifelong fascination with stone buildings and particularly sacred stone architecture british sculptor simmonds matthew carves into marble and stone intricate miniature architectural sculptures.

Simmonds sculptures typically measure between 30 and 50 centimetres in height and each one is crafted within an individual slab of stone sourced from an italian quarry. Matthew simmonds is a sculptor and artist from englang.