Tove Hirth

With each piece of work, I hope to offer an alternative perspective, a second, third, fourth chance at seeking that which I cannot express through any other means.

About

The first time I felt clay I loved it. The feeling of the smoothness of it, the texture and how easy it was to form. I was in second grade and I wanted to make a penguin standing on a rock. I was delighted when I found a broken tool I could use to make butterflies resting on the rock surface. Three-dimensional form just made sense to me, and it felt easy to make things that I “saw” inside my head. 

At Edinburgh College Of Art, in my final year of my BA in sculpture, I experienced the same instant delight and ease when I made my first sculptures in wax and cast them into bronze.
The sculpture in bronze was exactly the same as the one I made in wax – and yet it was completely different. It was so heavy, shiny and felt almost alive. I was 24 back then, and have continued to work in wax and cast into bronze ever since. For me it is a magical medium with possibilities I know that after 30 years I am yet to discover.