Welding Iron Sculptor
Bronze, cm
About the artwork
Naidee constructs a scene by the ocean bay, depicting a creator and his creations. Cast in bronze, Naidee's tiny Iron sculptor is in the artist's signature rotound and childlike style, wearing his apron and triumphantly grasping his welder, he proudly stands before his two iron works, a feminine and masculine figure towering way above him. The grand display before the magnificence of the ocean proffers the notion of how an artist takes inspiration from the beauty of nature to construct and find meaning in his craft, and how the end product stands to be a symbol of achievement and self expression.
About the artist
Naidee Changmoh was born in Phrae province, Thailand in 1969. He proceeded to study painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Chiangmai University, graduating in 1993. From there he began to learn techniques to make terracotta pottery at Maungkung Village, Amphur Hangdong in Chiengmai. In 1998, Naidee had his first solo exhibition "Terracotta Sculptures by Naidee Changmoh" at the Gaesorn Plaza in Bangkok. In 2006, he participated in the Clay Alchemy Exchange Artists Program between Thai artists and Australia artists in Melbourne, Australia. In 2009, his work was shown in The Ceramic Road of Southeast Asia at Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, in Taiwan. Naidee has created nine huts which function as an art living space - the Naidee Sculpture Huts for Pattravadi Theatre in Huahin - from the year 2008 until now.