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PHILIP SHEFFIELD

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Skulls

Skull, 40x40cm

Original skull watercolour hand cut into butterflies and pinned into a box frame.

Ripple

Ripple 1&2, 120cm x50cm
Hand built from wood and acrylic paint.


Original artworks inspired by the lines and geometry in the fields and farms of Suffolk.

 

Abstracts

Screen print experiments made with hand cut paper stencils.

From top to bottom:

Untitled I, 50x100cm

Untitled II, 50x100cm

Butterflies

A collection of hand cut butterfly pieces, some hand painted and some printed.

From top to bottom:

Enzo, 50x50cm
Watercolour paint and hand cut rag paper assembled in a box frame.

Heart, 50x50cm
Watercolour paint and hand cut rag paper assembled in a box frame.

Jolly Rodger, 120x70cm
Printed skull and hand cut paper, assembled in a box frame.

Pollock I, 40x40cm
Acrylic inks and hand cut rag paper assembled in a box frame.

Pollock II, 40x40cm
Acrylic inks and hand cut rag paper assembled in a box frame.

Gold

Screen printed gold artworks for East End Prints 'Worth The Wait' Gold Exhibition.

From top to bottom:

Ampersand, 40x50cm
Gold Ink silkscreen on craft paper

Paved With Gold, 40x40cm
Black and gold ink silkscreen on Somerset cotton rag paper

 

3D type

A small selection taken from an archive of 3D typographical works.

From top to bottom:

Alphabet, 50x70cm
Hand cut, hand painted wood.

Commercial work for Ikea, 40x50cm
Hand cut, hand painted wood.

White on White (3 images), 50x50cm
Hand cut, hand painted recycled timber.

Ampersand, (work for Habitat) 30x30cm
Hand cut, hand painted wood.

In The Garden

A small selection of watercolour paintings of the grounds surrounding my studio in Suffolk.

All paintings are watercolour paint on 300lb Bockingford paper

 

Arable

These pieces are inspired by the working of arable fields surrounding my studio creating an ever changing landscape of geometric patterns of crops, ploughing lines, weather and light conditions.

From top to bottom:

Autumn, 30x40cm (2 images)
Hand cut MDF, glue and acrylic paint.

Red Chard, 30x40cm (2 images)
Hand cut MDF, glue and acrylic paint.

Blue Wave, 30x40cm (2 images)
Hand cut MDF, glue and acrylic paint.

Studio shot with selection of works.

Burnt Field, 60x40cm (2 images)
Hand cut MDF, glue and acrylic paint.

Drift, 60x80cm (2 images)
Hand cut MDF, glue and acrylic paint.

 

Union Jacks

A section of union jack based work done in different mediums, for different clients.

From top to bottom:

Remembrance, 79x52cm (3 images)
Hand painted Remembrance Day poppies, assembled in a box frame.

Mosaic, 50x70cm (3 images)
Created from digitally printed ceramic tiles, broken up and reconstructed to make the artwork.

Formation, 120x70cm
Printed and hand cut butterflies, assembled in a box frame.

Screenprints

A small selection from a series of intricate limited edition silk screen artworks of flowers, insects, frogs and birds. All the images were hand drawn with pen and ink on to acytate to produce the screens for printing, with up to twenty separate screens to produce the final image. The images were hand printed on to 100% cotton paper, with the blending of 2 to 3 colours together on the same screen a particular skill.

The inspiration for the series comes from my passion for gardening and flower growing with the design discipline of the Japanese Ukiyo-e wood block prints of the 19th century.

From top to bottom:

Wisteria, 50x70cm
Sold out 18 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Opium Poppies, 50x70cm
Sold out 19 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Brimstone, 50x70cm
Sold out 16 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Irises, 50x70cm
Sold out 16 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Fuchsia, 50x70cm
Sold out 18 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Wall Brown, 50x70cm
Sold out 18 colour silkscreen edition of 80

Halloween

A few of the pieces made for an East End Prints Halloween show in Shoreditch:

From top to bottom:

The Creature, 40x40cm
Silk Screen, hand cut butterflies, assembled on black card in a box frame

Hempel Vampire, 40x40cm
Silk Screen, hand cut bats, assembled on white card in a box frame

Dracula, 40x40cm
Silk Screen, hand cut bats, assembled on black card in a box frame

The Creature II, 40x40cm
Silk Screen with phosphorescent ink, hand cut butterflies, assembled in a box frame

Wife, 40x40cm
Silk Screen, hand cut butterflies, assembled in a box frame

Wolfman, 40x40cm
Silk Screen, hand cut bats, assembled in a box frame

Proverbs

Selection of proverb based works for an East End Prints show of the same name.

From top to bottom:

Hindsight is Always Twenty Twenty, 40x50cm
Hand cut and painted cardboard type assembled in a box frame 

Skating on Thin Ice, 40x50cm
Hand cut and painted cardboard type assembled in a box frame

Every Picture Paints (A Thousand Words), 40x50cm
Hand cut and painted cardboard type assembled in a box frame

Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You, 40x50cm
Hand cut and painted cardboard type assembled in a box frame

Punctuate

A small selection of works taken from a collaboration with East End Prints, self initiated ideas of abstract artworks using punctuation marks.

From top to bottom:

Inverted, 30x40cm
Available here

Greater Than, 30x40cm
Available here

Plus Minus (Red), 30x40cm
Available here

Slash, 30x40cm
Available here

Smooth Brackets, 30x40cm
Available here

Exclamation Question (Red), 30x40cm
Available here

Cut Flowers

Hand cut flowers painted with acrylic paint, made by spinning the paper whilst painting.

 

Ploughed

Ploughed, 50x50cm

Hand cut wood, painted in acrylic and assembled onto board and ready to hang.

Originally inspired by the Suffolk countryside and observation on how violent the act of ploughing is, the work interprets the carving up of farmland in modern farming.

Parallel Lines

Studies and experiments that occurred alongside the Arable and Ploughed projects.

5/6 colour silkscreen mono prints.

A Shade Wilder

Limited edition artworks for sale online via A Shade Wilder 

From top to bottom:

Koromo, image 40x40cm
Hand cut screen print

Bela Bats, Image 40x40cm
Hand cut screen print

Word In Edgeways, image 40x40cm 
Hand assembled 3D type piece

Bicycles

Selection of watercolours themed around bicycles.

From top to bottom:

The Vicars Bicycle, 52x65cm
Watercolour paint on cotton rag paper

Bicycle, 61x53cm
Watercolour paint on cotton rag paper

Elswick Hopper, 52x65cm
Watercolour paint on cotton rag paper

Hollyhock Afternoon, 52x65cm
Watercolour paint on cotton rag paper

 

Banshees

1970's original screen print for Polydor Records for the release of Hong Kong Garden by Souxsie and the Banshees. 

Now available as a giclee from jillmumford.co.uk

Gold Paper Cuts

More work for the East End Prints 'Worth The Wait' Exhibition, this time using hand cut, gold and black screen prints as the core material.

Deaths Head Moths, 40x40cm, edition of 5
Hand cut, 2 colour silkscreen in black and gold

Gold Fish, 40x40cm, edition of 5
Hand cut, 2 colour silkscreen in black and gold, with watercolour

Insects

Hand cut insect and beetle collection in development for A Shade Wilder

all pieces are 40x40cm in size and all hand cut and framed in box frames

 

Oranges & Lemons

The six pieces of the Oranges and Lemon Suite where created using recycled and found pieces of wood ( some from the steets of London ). Each letter and block was hand cut using a jigsaw, fretsaw, scalpel, sandpaper etc and glued into position. Various wood stains were used to enhance the natural grain and beauty of the wood.

The inspiration for the Suite came from an earlier artwork created for the East End Arts Club 'The One Ton Show' 2008 in Shoreditch town hall, one hundred artist, graphic designers, illustrators, and printmakers interpret the brief 'London Lyrics'.

All pieces are 54x44cm and ready to hang.

Skulls

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Skull - 40 x 40 - Private Collection.jpg

Ripple

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Abstracts

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Butterflies

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Gold

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3D type

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In The Garden

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Golden Orf-45x68.5cms-Watercolour Painting.jpg

Arable

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Autumn long.jpg

Union Jacks

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Screenprints

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Wisteria - Hand Printed Silkscreen Edition of 80 - Sold out.jpg

Halloween

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The Creature - 40 x 40 - EEP - Halloeen Show - at Maiden Shoreditch.jpg

Proverbs

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Punctuate

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Inverted.jpg

Cut Flowers

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Cut Flower-5.jpg

Ploughed

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Parallel Lines

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A Shade Wilder

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Koromo - www.ashadewilder.com.JPG

Bicycles

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The Vicar's Bicycle-52x65cms-Watercolur Painting-IKEA Poster.jpg

Banshees

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Gold Paper Cuts

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Hawk Moth 40 x 40  EEP - Worth the wait in Gold show - Edition 5.JPG

Insects

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Beetles - 40 x x40 - Paper  Cutout - Deep Box Frame.jpg

Oranges & Lemons

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You owe me 5 farthings-1-Oand L.jpg

All work © Philip Sheffield 2015