I am a sculptor and fabricator of beautiful structures.
Namibian by birth, residing in Cape Town, South Africa
I utilise my background knowledge in film industry
fabrication to build on the client’s initial brief and create a visual ‘story’. Having had no formal art education so far, I see myself more as a craftswoman than an artist.
I love the unique challenges every project brings as well as the process of
finding the right solution. My projects have ranged from miniature sets, up to
9m bronze monuments, dinosaur museum displays and everything in between. Client
collaboration is crucial during the fabrication process and I share a
studio space with a colleague with whom I collaborate with on larger projects.
We currently mentor and train two talented previously disadvantaged individuals
during projects which I find very rewarding.
My personal sculpting style is mostly
realistic. In recent years, I have found my main medium to be plasticine clay
as I cast most of my private work in bronze. I try to capture fleeting moments of
everyday life that celebrate the humour, tragedy and beauty of life. My current
focal point is children and pets with their quirky, humbling, honest ways and
their ability to act as mirrors into our own soul.
Contact
crawwod@yahoo.com
[0027] 72 553 5839
Work History
2018 Group-exhibition 'Winter-Life' @ Studio Art Gallery, Simonstown
Sculpted lifesize bronze of two prominent figures for NHM.
2017 Lifesize Oliver Tambo bronze unveiled in Reggio Emilia/Italy-collaboration
Lead sculptor along with Tania Lee on a 9meter bronze-unveiling date to be confirmed.
Lead sculptor along with Tania Lee on a 7 meter bronze sculpture-unveiling to be confirmed.
Art Director on Miniatures commercial in collaboration with Tulips&Chimneys
2016 Sculpted lifesize bronzes of Bertha Mkhize and Govan Mbeki for NHM
Fabricated interactive Museum displays for National Earth Science Museum
Windhoek/Namibia.
2015 Assisted Tania Lee in the sculpting of a 6m Mandela bronze, now standing in
Ramallah/Palestine.
2014 Exhibiting fine-art pieces at 'Art on Church' in Stellenbosch who will also be representing my
work at the Art Fair at the Waterfront 27 Feb-2 March.
Assisted Tania Lee with lifesize bronze for NHM
2013 Nominated for a Kyknet Fiesta award of theatre design for facial character masks done on
the theatre play 'Pruttel'.
Sculpted lifesize bronze 'Ray Alexander' for National Heritage Monument (NHM).
2018 Group-exhibition 'Winter-Life' @ Studio Art Gallery, Simonstown
Sculpted lifesize bronze of two prominent figures for NHM.
2017 Lifesize Oliver Tambo bronze unveiled in Reggio Emilia/Italy-collaboration
Lead sculptor along with Tania Lee on a 9meter bronze-unveiling date to be confirmed.
Lead sculptor along with Tania Lee on a 7 meter bronze sculpture-unveiling to be confirmed.
Art Director on Miniatures commercial in collaboration with Tulips&Chimneys
2016 Sculpted lifesize bronzes of Bertha Mkhize and Govan Mbeki for NHM
Fabricated interactive Museum displays for National Earth Science Museum
Windhoek/Namibia.
2015 Assisted Tania Lee in the sculpting of a 6m Mandela bronze, now standing in
Ramallah/Palestine.
2014 Exhibiting fine-art pieces at 'Art on Church' in Stellenbosch who will also be representing my
work at the Art Fair at the Waterfront 27 Feb-2 March.
Assisted Tania Lee with lifesize bronze for NHM
2013 Nominated for a Kyknet Fiesta award of theatre design for facial character masks done on
the theatre play 'Pruttel'.
Sculpted lifesize bronze 'Ray Alexander' for National Heritage Monument (NHM).
2012 Worked
at Weta Workshop (New Zealand, Wellington) on various film projects including
‘The Hobbit’-An Unexpected Journey/The Desolation of Smaug/ There and Back Again
2011 Designed
and built full facial character masks for the FTHK theatre production
‘Benchmarks’.
Project
managed and built forced perspective miniatures for Ribena Commercial in
collaboration with Shy the Sun.
2010 Built
various theatre props including Bunraku puppet for FTHK theatre production.
Built Miniature sets for Mnet/Cinema commercials with Shy
the Sun Productions
Produced a Bronze Sculpture commissioned by Gondwana
Collection(Namibia)
2009
Worked as part of a team on South African Dinosaur dioramas for Iziko Natural
History Museum of Cape Town
Group
Exhibition ‘Sculptures in Space’ in Windhoek: FNCC, 12th October
Sculpture exhibition in Berlin: artSPACE Berlin, 1st
May.
Four(4) month
scholarship from p.art.ners initiative.
Co-founder of Atreides Sculpture Works studio.
2007 Designed
,sculpted and project managed the making of Karakul Monument (Keetmanshoop/Namibia) for 100years
Karakul Industry Celebrations
2004-06 Worked on various projects in
the South African film and theatre industry as a props fabricator, sculptor, scenic(painter)
Projects
include: 10 000BC, Skorpion King2,
Curse of the Ring, Discovery Channel commercial, New York Exhibit of antique
Eastern devises, ‘Jazzart dance company’ theatre props, Amakhosi circus costume
2003 Diploma in Make-up for Film and TV (Cape Town)
2002
Worked in the Entomology Department at the National Museum of Namibia,
illustrating Butterflies
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