Tawny Gray
Toin Adams, born in Kitwe, Zambia, is a sculptor working in steel, acrylic, fibreglass and other media. She spent her early childhood in eastern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and late teen years, in South Africa, where she attended the .[2][3] In the late 80's she moved to England, where she began her career in sculpting.
Her two most well known works to date are Birmingham's largest sculpture: the 12 m high, The Green Man 2002 and the 10m high hanging sculpture The Deluge 2010 at Zellig, a 10 metres (33 ft) high hanging sculpture of falling bodies, both commissioned by the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham.[4] "I like making large scale sculpture, playing with diverse materials and figuring out how to make them...not fall over..."[5]
Adams is part of The Imaginary Beings Art Collective, a group of artists that work together to create collaborative art projects. Through this collective she has put together several art events around the world including The End of a World and Transcendence and Transformation.[6][7][8]
Notes[]
- ^ The Birmingham Post, June 2002
- ^ The National School of the Arts. "www.artschool.co.za". www.artschool.co.za. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ The Sunday Times, June 2002
- ^ Anna Blackaby. "£10m expansion at Custard Factory hints at greater ambition for Digbeth". Birmingham Post.
- ^ Adams, Toin. "Large Works". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Events". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "toin adams - large scale works". toin adams.
- ^ Heart Internet. "Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting & Domain Names from Heart Internet". theimaginarybeings.com.
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