Ludlow Castle

This is the work of Stephen Cox that we got

the pleasure of seeing at Ludlow castle,

I didn't think much to the castle going but

once inside is when it really came alive

there are several of Cox's pieces placed

around the grounds of the castle and

it was a real delight to find them around.

  I think the main highlight for me

personally was meeting Stephen Cox in person, he 

did a short talk to the group then walked round

meeting people and really giving an 

insight into his work. I was blown away

talking to him, i mean here he is an artist

at the real front of his field just wandering

around speaking to students.

This is the piece where i was lucky enough

to talk to him myself, i wanted to know how he

had done it and straight away he went into the

process of smoothing it off after carving, but

one thing that got me about this

piece was the section left unpolished, i asked him

and he just said thats the way he 

felt the piece was going in his eyes and i

couldn't agree more with him that little

bit of unpolished makes this so much better

than a shiny rock.

As you could see there was alot of odd angles

you could find yourself looking down on

these pieces and how they looked on a more 

360 degree basis.

I was really inspired by this entire

exihibition to see what i could do with stone and

how i could use it in my own pratice.

I never really saw the beuty in it until i saw

these pieces