Rhythm Hunters | Kat Atkins wins Sculpture in the Gaol 2018. Welcome to Rhythm Hunters, I'm Kat Atkins. Join me on an exciting adventure as I make my way home to Australia's Mid North Coast to support the local sculpture exhibition: Sculpture in the Gaol. Rhythm...
Rhythm Hunters | The Submission Title: Rhythm Hunters Caption: ‘Living to the beat of the butterfly wing.’ Artist Statement: ‘Rhythm Hunters’ is an inspiration to the adventurous soul whose quest for survival becomes a celebration of life. In the...
Rhythm Hunters | A Creative Mind The Background I was at a turning point with my jewellery company One Leaf Designs, all supplies were upgraded to gemstones and 100% sterling silver. Costume jewellery was no longer an option as I prefer to wear quality...
Rhythm Hunters | A Wild Heart When I started on this project, I put the word out and to the entire family to help gather supplies. Family members, young and old got on board and helped with collecting extra driftwood and shells. I will admit it was very weird when I...
Rhythm Hunters | A Soul that Sings I chose the butterfly to feature as a colourful piece. (I do love lizards, however a chameleon would have taken a lot longer…and does not complement the story.) The butterfly wings were originally going to be coloured with recycled...
The process This is my first time creating life size sculptures so if you have had enough of the background and want to know how on earth I pulled it off, continue to read on… Rhythm Hunters | The beginning After years of collecting “Nature’s Treasure”, it was time to...
Rhythm Hunters | Building the Hunters Rather than using putty to create dimension between the driftwood on the Hunters, I combined sand with Bond-Crete producing a cement like mixture. This also allowed me to continue with the nature theme. After filling in the gaps...
The Beat of the Butterfly Giving consideration to the steel stencil of the wings, it occurred to me that as well as introducing colour, they needed to be very sturdy. Even though holes were drilled along the edges (originally to string beads), I wondered how I was...
Rhythm Hunters | The Bases I began building the bases of the sculptures on concrete umbrella stands. These did the job whilst creating and caught all the bondcrete drips. However they were not suitable for transport and were only held together with one screw. I needed...
The Finishing Touches It was an exciting day as I was so close to finishing. However once the three sculptures were complete, I had the challenge of moving them from the concrete bases to the new and improved bases. Problem one: I can't lift them. Problem two: They...
