Richard W.M. Hudson (b. 1980), Jurassic Requiem Collection, 2020
Hand-coiled black ceramic, ebony wood dye, Yorkshire storm torn foraged Pine branch & beeswax
80 cm H x 110 cm W x 30 cm D Unique Price: £8,000 (plus any applicable taxes)
After foraging for interesting artefacts through the woods of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Richard came across an area of deforestation. They were chopping trees down for bio fuel. It was absolute carnage. Torn up trees, smashed to pieces, whilst others left standing. Once a habitat for wildlife, now a vision of a post apocalyptic landscape, in an area of outstanding natural beauty. This piece is in homage to what once stood proud. A Requiem. Jurassic in appearance, but a reminder of its original origin. Decorated in all black in reference to funeral attire. The branch was foraged from the remains, brought back to Richard’s studio and left to season. Carbonated with intense heat and polished. Sat on a black clay hand coiled ceramic, dowsed in ebony ‘spirit’ wood dye. The two materials brought together, the wood like an old creature crawling across the ceramics back has a Jurassic fossil like appearance. Not even it’s tall horned formidable back was enough protection for it destructive end.
“My art forms are derived from my subconscious, a material reaction to my surroundings, a Requiem, harking back to indigenous peoples’ spiritual practices and nature’s own destructive power.“ Richard WM Hudson
Richard WM Hudson has been working as a mixed media artist since a very young age. Gaining awards at school for his art to then having his work acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum at 16.
As well as art, Richard has worked as a set, costume & interior designer, having completed a BA in Theatre Design at Central St Martins and an MA in Film Production Design at the National Film School.
His work has been strongly influenced by the decade he has spent living in a remote part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as well as regular visits to Scotland and Wales. He sources natural foraged materials to create art works with a dark, earthy tonality that are also homages to the materials original origin. Richard’s woodworks are often carved, scorched, and then polished to create pieces with strong prehistoric fossil references. Whilst others have been wielded into requiems, statuesque monuments to the glories of death. His ceramics are crafted from natural coloured raw clays and regularly paired with carefully chosen foraged artefacts.
Richard’s sculptures have been exhibited in various shows both in the UK and abroad, as well as numerous public exhibitions and prominent private collections, from where they have been positively reviewed and referenced in the press.
