Steel Sculpture - current
Medium - Mild steel, welded, and polychromed, sometimes with applied bronze, brass, copper or silver.
Sculptor - Nickolaus Seffrin
Brothers
2009
Mild steel, chromo coated with applied bronze
60cm x 21cm x 16.5 cm
(Photo courtesy Phillip Bacon Gallery)
Public Art - Sculpture by Seffrin
Sculptor - Nickolaus Seffrin
Public Artwork - Brisbane
Installed at McCormick Place, Upper Roma Street as a permanent artwork.
Brisbane City Council Core Collection
1971
Stainless Steel
5.0m x 2m x 2m
Religous Sculpture
Three religous sculptures by Nickolaus Seffrin (Photos and commentary courtesy of Anglican Church Archive)
Crucifix, St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane
Steel Mesh
1964
Unlike many other European artists to create commissions for the Anglican church in Australia, Seffrin’s artistic training commenced in Australia at the Brisbane Technical College in the early 1960s. This particular work was not specifically designed for St John’s, but was regarded by the then dean, W. P. Baddeley, to be an appropriate one.
In this work, honesty with the medium encourages the degree to which the human form is stylised and abstracted. Its economy of expression increases its powerful impact.
Photo: C.Holden
Resurrection, Christ Church St Lucia Bronze 1971
Seffrin sought to move beyond the historic moment and specific situation of the Gospel’s presentation of the events of Christ’s life, and to evoke a more universal dimension. The figure is nude, and was the subject of a degree of adverse comment in the parish on its installation.
Photo: C.Holden
San Damiano crucifix, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, Corinda
(after a modified design of David Binns)
Tasmanian ash 1989
Photo: C.Holden
Artist's Concept and Technique
All my sculpture Artworks start with the thought, the possibility and the overall concept which develop in my head over time...
Sculpting steel (sometimes with applied bronze) where there is no cast and so "duplicates" are not possible, is an extremely labour-intensive process – the advantage to the commissioner or collector is that each piece is unique and cannot be replicated...
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