Nigel Williams creates sculpture from sheet metal (copper, steel, brass, aluminium) and other materials, mostly re-cycled from their previous diverse applications. We are pleased to offer for sale the following sculptures:
- The Face of Orgonia
- Ufarvia
- Arbusculus diabolus cuprum (Devil's Copperbush)
- Chun Caanica
- Working title: Wise Afterwards
- Fatal Mistake
- Ferric Messenger (National Trust, Mottisfont)
For details of exhibitions of work by Nigel Williams, please click here.
The Face of Orgonia
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Materials: copper, aluminium, steel, brass, milkwood Price: SOLD |
Ufarvia
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Materials: copper, aluminium, brass, scorched cherrywood, marine ply
Dimensions: 15" x 11" x 10" (38cm x 28cm x 25cm)
Weight: 4lb (1.8kg)
Price: £250
Arbusculus diabolus cuprum (Devil's Copperbush)
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Materials: copper, brass, steel and aluminium
Dimensions: 25" x 21" x 21" (64cm x 53cm x 53cm)
Weight: 23lb (10.5kg)
Price: £550
Chun Caanica
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Named after the Mayan god Ah Chun Caan ("he who lives at the base of the sky").
Materials: copper, brass, steel and leather
Dimensions: 10" x 13" x 3" (25cm x 33cm x 8cm)
Weight: 1lb (0.45kg)
Price: £375
Working title: Wise Afterwards
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This pair are all about the choices and decisions we all make throughout our lives, with the infinitely complicated cumulative results leading to us being shiny and happy... or depressed and rusty... or somewhere in between!
Materials: mild steel, aluminium, leather
Dimensions: 7" x 13" x 4" (18cm x 33cm x 10cm) x 2
Weight: 1.5lb (0.7kg) x 2
Price: £450 for the pair
Fatal Mistake
(Click on any image to enlarge)
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This piece comes with a health warning - because if you were contemplating firing this "gun" on all barrels, you might end up making a.... fatal mistake! ;-) (follow the tubes!)
A firing/display stand, and a carrying case, are provided with this piece (see pictures above).
Materials: brass, bronze, copper, steel, marine ply, leather, World War II shell cases
Dimensions (without stand): 12.5" x 11" x 6.5" (32cm x 28cm x 17cm)
Carrying case dimensions: 14.5" x 16" x 12" (37cm x 41cm x 31cm)
Weight (without stand or case): 5lb (2.25kg); (with stand and case): 24lb (11kg)
Price: £625 (including stand and case)
Ferric Messenger (National Trust, Mottisfont)
This is the first picture of a sculpture commissioned by the National Trust for the "Angel Garden" exhibition, held during December 2011 and January 2012 at their Mottisfont Abbey site.This is not the completed finish, however - the pictures below show it after its patina of rust has been applied.
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Read the text from the plaque placed in front of the sculpture here.
This sculpture has been featured on BBC television, and the "Angel Garden" event has also been covered by ITV Meridien Television, local radio, newspapers & magazines, and national newspapers. Read articles by the Southern Daily Echo, Hampshire Chronicle, Salisbury Journal, and Solent Life magazine (image, or online [pages 12-13]). Articles have also appeared in the 'Hampshire View' and 'New Forest Living' magazines.
The Mottisfont exhibition ended on the 29th January 2012, after being extended for a further month - but FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE viewed the sculpture there. This sculpture has now been moved to Arlington Arts for the "A Matter of Time" exhibition.
If you would like to buy any of these sculptures, or are interested in including one or more in an exhibition, please contact us for details of viewing and/or shipping arrangements.
New sculptures are being created all the time, and pieces can be sold or go off to exhibitions at any time, so please check back here regularly for updates. If you would like to join our mailing list for regular news, please use the panel at the bottom of the menu on the left.
Exhibitions
- National Trust "Angel Garden" at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, UK - 2nd December 2011 to 29th January 2012. To see the National Trust brochure, click front or back.
- New Greenham Art Fair, Newbury, Berkshire, UK - 4th December 2011. To see the catalogue, click on front cover, or page. For further details, see New Greenham Arts website.
- "Pieces of an Angel" at Trumpet Corner Gallery (photographs of Ed Elliott's 'Greer' sculpture) - 14th to 31st January 2012.
- "A Matter of Time" at Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury, Berkshire, UK - 20th February to 13th April 2012. To see their brochure article, click here. The 'Private View' event is from 6-8pm on Friday 24th February 2012. To see your invitation (all welcome!), click on front and back. For further details of the exhibition, see Arlington Arts website.
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Nigel Williams is a member of the Oxford Sculptors Group (which is affiliated with the 300-strong Surrey Sculpture Society). |  |