Antoni Gaudi 1852 - 1926

Gaudi is a well known spanish architect most famous for his 'Parc Guell' and ' La Sagrada Familia'. His work is always based on natural form and often uses mosaic in his sculptures and buildings.

Gaudi was the first artist who's work i truely appriciated, wether that was because i got to go to the beautiful Bacelona to see it or wether the uniqueness of his work stood out to me i'll never no, personally i think its abit of both.

La Sagrada Familia was designed and made by gaudi, sadly he died before it was finished and to this day people are still working on it to complete it. Luckily i think gaudi got in the most important things before he passed for exaple the huge structure that i feel looks alot like coral and shells (things you find in the ocean) if you go to the top of the building and look out of the windows you'll see masaic objects that look similar to fruit on the end of the turrets/steeples (cant think of the correct word)
influenced by religion 

Bruce munro Anemone Chandelier (1959- still alive)

Bruce is most well known for Designing the lighting for 'The Eden Project'. He uses all different types of lighting from fiber optics to LEDS. 'The field of light' was made of acrylic stems fed with fiber optics and capped with glass spheres.

I really like all of what i've seen of bruce munro's work, in this image i love the way its hung; it looks like it has movement which could be seen as an optical illusion. I think adding light to sculptures makes it stand out from most other sculptures and i find myself more drawn to it, i guess i'm like a moth.

in this image i also think the lights look like fire flies which could work well with my theme of organic and i'd love to work light into my sculpture.
 

niki de saint phalle: giardino dei tarocchi (1930-2002)

is a french artist best known for her abstract sculptures made from mosaic's.

Materials- mirrors, glass and ceramic mosaic's.

I love most masaic work because with mosaics it doesnt always have to be perfect and you can have abit of freedom with it. Also i love how the light bounces off them to make things sparkle.

I love how the 'giardino dei tarocchi' looks, its like a dream world because of all the abstract creatures niki de saint phalle has created and the way the light hits the sculputes and makes it sparkle just adds to how magical it looks.

Andy Goldsworthy- Icicle 4 (1956- still alive)

Best known for his site-spesific sculptures and land art )

Andy often uses natrual materials in his work; like in this image its water/ice.

With using nathural marerials such as ice its obvious that all of Andy's work wont always last due to the climate and how delicate his work can be.

I like the fact that Andy Goldsworthy uses mostly natural materials but the fact that his work doesnt always last would annoy me; i like being able to look back at my work and feel proud of it and pictures of it just arnt the same. However the idea of working with ice does interest me but it wouldnt be very practical for my current project because it wouldnt be able to last all year round.

Personal  objective- to use natural materials- land art.

Sally Matthews (1964- still alive)

inspiration - animals, she likes the unpredictable nature of them

materials- coire fibre, cow muck, steel, copper and wood.

Sally's work doesnt appeal to me much but i do quite like this sculpture and how she made something so man made look quite natural and organic with the curvey shape.

Sophie ryder- crawling lady-hare (1963- still alive)

materials- sawdust, wet plaster, old machine parts and toys, weld joins and angle grinders, wire 'pancakes', torn scraps of paper, charcoal sticks and acid baths.

i really like how Sophie's used sawdust and plaster because it creates a really nice and slightly realistic texture.

Bill Woodrow- sitting on history(1948-
inspired by historical and political influences 

Theo Jansen (1948- still alive)

A Dutch artist, best known for his kinetic animal sculptures powered by the wind. He calls them Strandbeests, which means “beach animals” in Dutch.

Most are made of accumulations of stiff plastic tubes.
I find kinetic art like this quite fasinating with the thought of how much design work must of been spent designing sculptures like this and figuring out how to make them move. Although im impressed by the sculpture and i do find it visually interesting theres just something missing for me and i cant quite put my finger on it.
Personal objective-  for it to be kinetic  
Functional

Alexander Calder- Calder mobile (1898-1976),

He worked with many medias but is best known for his kinetic mobiles which are made out of aluminum sheet metal, steel wire, and paint.

He used mechanical fastening methods such as crimping and riveting rather than brazing or welding.

Bodan Litnianski (1913-2005)

origionally from the Ukraine

He collected thrown away materials, like puppets, toys, all kinds of scrap to create his sculptures.

Durable/long lasting

Thomas Heatherwick - The Big Bang (1970- still alive)

From London

The big bang Is taller than the Angel of the North, leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa and was inspired by sprinter Linford Christie

Danny manning- bumble bee

Made from recycled materials-hundreds of plastic bags held together by a wire armature base.

                                      Gil Whyman- welded metal horse

                                                          made from welded auto parts
                                recycled materials- political influences because the governments  encoraging
                             recycling to cut down on methane gasses which are being produced by rotting rubbish in landfills.

fish on a bike- Daren Greenhow 1970- still alive

recycled materials

                                                            Cat by Gavin Darby
                                     This piece has longevity because its long lasting 

                                                         PTOLEMY ELRINGTON
                                                                       The Crayfish

not functional- sculpture

Fifty years ago, Verner Panton designed the first single mold plastic chair with a curvaceous profile called the Panton chair. Since then it has become one of the most recognizable and classic designs to date. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic design, Vitra UKheld a design competition among its clients to customize a Panton chair. 

website copied from-

http://www.dtail.com/category/interior-design/page/11/

first place (picture above) - jump studios

Second Place - Ben Adams

                        The shape of the chairs relate to my butterfly love seat that I've made

                                                                    Tom Dixon