17岁患癌症截肢，而他的废纸雕塑让所有人震撼｜James Lake,FOX国际艺术微信公众号文章

17岁患癌症截肢，而他的废纸雕塑让所有人震撼

James Lake

这组照片来自艺术家James Lake，在过去的20年的时间里，他使用纸板作为媒介制作了一系列雕塑作品。这位来自英国的雕塑家用热熔胶以及回收来的旧纸板制作人物雕塑。在17岁的时候，他被诊断出患有骨癌，随即，他的右腿被截肢。在康复期间，他迷上了制作纸雕。因为这种材料可以轻易的在卧室内制作。Lake说：“我想要一种不需要艺术工作室也可以制作的材料，而纸张无疑是相当合适的。”而且，使用可回收的环保材料也提醒人们应该重视环保和**利用。

CARDBOARD SELF (2009)

As the title suggests this was an attempt to build a cardboard portrait from cardboard which is 2/3 life size.

The portrait is built upon a large scale cardboard skull which is visible through the back sections of the portrait. This portrait is the continuation of the ethos of my art production; to inspire and make accessible 3D art processes. Prior to being sold to a private collector, this work had been in many exhibitions and accompanied me to school art workshops. When I give presentations to pupils and students of all ages I use various examples of my work to present the possible. I share a vision that is based in adaption and innovation. It is work that is to be touched and interacted with, anyone can attempt to produce similar work.

SITTING WITHOUT PURPOSE (1998)

This life sized sculpture is made entirely from recycled cardboard and glue. The detailing is created by carving away cardboard, then cutting and attaching increasingly smaller layers of cardboard until a life-like quality is achieved.

As an artist with a physical disability, I had to find a way that I could physically build a large scale sculpture using accessible materials and techniques. To overcome this, I built the sculpture in sections that I could assemble and fix together.

I have worked with this method and medium for many years as it is an inexpensive material, readily available and capable of creating sculptures of a scale and stature comparable to any other traditional art material. By using a utilitarian material I am able to make my art work accessible to a wider audience. Ingrained in my process is the desire to teach and demonstrate this working method so that regardless of status or ability others can access a way of realizing ideas into a three dimensional form.

Is an ordinary man who, comes home from work, at the same time each day, takes a deep breath, turns on the TV and sits in his chair and wonders why? The piece questions the idea of what it means to be sitting down and the link between the perceptions of ability and disability.