South Korea Archives - Jeffrey Frith

South Korea | 23.11.13

Finished and I am thrilled – BALANCE

The work is now finished and on the base. I am thrilled that the work has gone well; hard yes, exhausting yes, worthwhile certainly! I have many more images to share but these ones I wanted to share with you all straight away. Some of these images were taken late in the afternoon some with […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Heavy duty

Heavy duty cranes and slings used to position the sculpture on the base. So 3 days work left to finish my sculpture. Polishing, polishing, polishing. I had the stone laid on its side today to make it easier for me to work on. Then of course the sculpture has to be moved onto a black […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Surrounded by artists

Sculptors usually work alone as the work is noisy, dusty and often dangerous. So it is a real treat to be surrounded by artists who willingly share their time, their skills and their enthusiasm; which makes the time fly by. One of my sculptor mates told me I had ‘nailed it’, I think I will […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Chipping away

I spent some time at the Boryeong City beach at sunset, wandered around town seeing live fish in tanks waiting for the diners inside the restaurants to make their selection. Had a coffee and pastry at a Paris cafe, lost the group, had fun and caught a taxi home with my friend Christian a print […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

To Seoul

We had another outing by bus lasting two hours; this time to Seoul. Although the traffic is heavy most times the bus lane is for busses only; way to go! Lots to see in Seoul; apart from ancient palaces there is a whole district where the main street is filled with art galleries, art supply […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Deep in discussion

Most evenings we were regaled with Spanish guitar and song which was great performed by artists from Honduras. Artists were also offered the opportunity to make a presentation of their work. WOW. Every time the artist’s shared their work I realised what a depth there was in the talent and experience that had been assembled […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Buddhist Temple

On the way back to the Arts Park we crossed a 37 kilometre road built on top of a dam wall. The dam held back the sea and is part of a project to reclaim land from the sea. Massive flood gates open at low tide to let water flow out to sea and closed […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Safety

My expensive face mask and safety goggles I laid aside as they proved to be too hot to wear in the warm conditions; my mask became useless as my goggles would steamed up and no matter what I did I could not see clearly. I decided to use the same light weight 3M paper masks […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

Stone Factory

Work at the Stone Factory commenced at 8 AM and finished at 5.30 PM, with an hour for lunch, 6 days a week. No wonder the Republic of Korea’s economy is the 10th biggest in the world! My hands became sore using the heavy grinders and wielding the hammer to crack off the unwanted stone […]

South Korea | 23.11.13

My sculpture – BALANCE

My sculpture ‘ BALANCE’ embraces the symposium theme of ‘Man and the environment’. We must seek a balance between exploitation and conservation if we care for planet. On another level the work represents, NOT-ONE NOT-TWO a reference to the fact that the sculpture looks like two pieces of stone when it is in fact carved from […]