Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture

Archaeologists suggest that the making of sculpture has occurred for over 60,000 years – there is evidence of ancient found objects that possess individual style and symbolic meaning. Of particular interest is that most of sculpture throughout time has focused on the depiction of the human body.
Our predisposition to mirror our own species in art has contributed to sculpture acting as a conduit for forms that idealise, commemorate, celebrate and question the role of the human. Throughout history the need to immortalise ourselves in stone or metal has led to a plethora of classical statuary and portrait busts. A brief look back in history at the gradual acceptance of materials outside the orthodox