Uncast

Craft Contemporary, 2021

Welfe Bowyer takes a look back through his own process cycles and begins to analyse and deconstruct them through the lens of influences such as Adhocism and the Mono-Ha movement, with a focus on sustainability and how a practice like his might look to reassess their impact on the environment.

Finding value in discarded materials and found objects, Bowyer challenges traditional methods, utilising previously applied materials from his process cycle - such as silicon moulds, wax and metal offcuts - and combines them with found materials from his surrounding environment - such as rope, plastic and driftwood. By recognising the value in each material and each stage of the process and re-interpreting these stages with no beginning or end, new works begin to form new material relationships in a spontaneous manner. Works that are no longer stationary but alive, allowing rise to various moments and iterations within each piece, the photograph purely acting to document a certain time, material configuration or concept.

076

Bronze, Enamel, Wood, Chromatic Alginate, Steel

137 x 113 x 188[mm] 1031g
077

Plastic, Steel, Wax

100 x 160 x 45[mm] 144g
078

Found Object, Silicon, Aluminium, Chrome, Brass, Wax

75 x 90 x 55[mm] 324g
079

Printed Photograph, Wax Injector, Wood, Plastic, Steel

210 x 150[mm]
080

Wax, Enamel

various, 11g
081

Wood, Steel, Silicon, Rubber Bands

450 x 85 x 70[mm] 780g
082

Printed Photograph [Way Markers – Snells Beach + Mahurangi East]

210 x 300[mm]
053

Found Object, Wood, Enamel, Rope, Steel

440 x 23 x 6700[mm] 298g
084

Found Object, Wood, Brick

390 x 750 x 230[mm]
085

Found Object, Wood, Wire, Steel, Bronze

200 x 95 x 55[mm] 101g
086

Found Object, Wood, Brass, Enamel, Rope

53 x 44 x 17[mm] 24g
Sterling Silver, Bronze, Found Wood, Black Enamel, Champagne Diamond

29 x 19 x 14[mm] 13g
087

Found Object, Wood, Rope, Enamel

23 x 23 x 66[mm] 22g
088

Found Object, Brick, Wood, Enamel, Silicon, Rope, Tape, Zip Tie

532 x 97 x 70[mm]