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RACHEL DUCKER

Rachel originally trained as a jeweller, and her fascination and love for working with metal led her to experiment with wire as a medium for sculpting the human form. Accomplished in life drawing, her sculpting wire figures concentrate on the expressive and emotional dynamics of human nature. She says, 'I have to make things. I have an incredibly visual active mind. Well practiced in life drawing, with an appreciation of the human body and the emotional dynamics of human nature, combined with being originally trained as a jeweller, lead me to experiment with wire as a medium for sculpting the human form, capturing something ephemeral, either emotive or active. My pieces are untitled due to my belief that everyone sees something different in my sculptures.' Her figures, in the unlikely medium of twined wire, are full of movement, seeming on the verge of flying, with their streaming hair and spread limbs. Even those shown sitting, in meditative poses with relaxed hands, retain a latent energy - and of course that electric wiry hair.

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