Raef Baldwin 

      In 1984 I set up a workshop to make 'Formatures' with the aid of a Crafts Council 'Setting Up' Grant           award. My first commission was for a bird table, and since then  the studio,  named, 'Blue Giraffe Workshops' has gone from strength to strength, producing Bird tables, Weather-vanes, Sundials, Fountain,  Radiators, Decorative Mirrors, Painted Awnings  and Wax Illuminaire, mostly to commission. My pieces are mixed-media and made from non-ferrous metals, silver often in conjunction with stone, wood, enamels, gold, bronze, copper leafs and glass. My images have been influenced by the architecture and technology that I see around me, combined with eclectic use of romantic motif from past eras.

I utilise a full range of sculptural processes, working with wood, metal, glass and ceramics; specifically lead and copper working often with patinated decoration, metal leafing & associated decorative gilding processes, craft ceramic and glass work, painted screens and theatrical design work. Additionally supporting my work with computer image manipulation, graphical design work. I have also exhibited and undertaken commissions for sculptural work since 1983, please see following  exhibition / commission list. 

As follows; * = Commissions/Collections

 

* Commission/ L. Epstein                 Bird Stand.

* Commission/ Lady Gibberd          Fountain.

* Collection Anchorage USA.          Birdstand.

* Crafts Council Garden Gates        Stoke Garden Festival.

* Commission/ L. Wilcox.                  Weather-vane.

* Portsmouth Grammar School.      Weather-vane,

* Robert Palmer Pop Video.            Pop Video Fountain prop.

* Jo Peters & Associates.                 Weather-vane.

* Oxford County Council.                 Weather-vane.

* Southern Arts Literature Prize.     Carole Angier Commission.

* Oxford County Council.                  Fountain.

* Wilcox Commission                        Fountain

* Jo Peters & Associates                 Weathervane  Commission

* Cottenham Commission.              Wall Lights. Cambridgeshire CC.

* Lowenthal Commission                Lion Weathervane.

* Parmoor Commission                   Fireplace

* Southern Arts.                                 Hat & Coat  Stand.

* London Contemporary Arts          Sculpture for Ships Lounge= SHIP: ‘Legend of the Seas’

* Parkhouse Commission                Weathervane.

* Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.   Three Niche Sculpture= SHIP :‘Vision of the Seas’

*Priors Court School                         Major project ‘Tall Weathervane’.

*Rylands House                                Lead Fountain.

*Horniman Museum / Gub Neal     Giant Painted Butterfly Awning - HORNIMAN Museum, London.

 

Additional Projects :

 

Mobel Perdu. Hamburg & Berlin. Design & Realisation (1984-1986)

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Oslo. Design & Realisation (1997-1998)

       Exhibited in over 40 exhibitions.

 see : www.blue-giraffe.co.uk

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