Jon Eiseman - Sculpture
Introduction
Photography of Jon’s sculpture by Screaming Pixel
Jon Eiseman - Bronze sculpture
A recurring theme in Jon’s sculpture is the metaphorical search for meaning and spirituality in the borderland between the rational world and the surreal lands of dreams and imagination. He explores the theme of a the journey through strange and unfamiliar landscapes, inhabited by people travelling in a timeless world. Their voyage, through forests and oceans seems mysteriously purposeful yet enigmatic. Through the development of symbolic imagery he creates sculptures that have a dreamlike and poetic quality as if drawn from the inner landscape of the subconscious.
Jon’s bronzes begin life as wax sculptures. He models the wax in his shed/studio , a process that can take many weeks. When the wax sculpture is completed to his satisfaction, it is cut up and cast into bronze at Malwood Foundry in Melbourne. Jon then guides the reassembly of the pieces which are welded together. He creates the patination on the surface of the bronze using a gas torch and a variety of chemical concoctions.
