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    PAUL SELWOOD

    Nov 08, 2017 5 minutes
    STORY BRIDGET MACLEOD

    Paul Selwood is one of Australia’s foremost sculptors, creating beautifully fluid, complex works, often from a single sheet of steel, through his cut and fold technique. The Wollombi-based artist spoke to ARTIST PROFILE about his mythical introduction to steel on the Greek island of Paros, what continues to draw him to this material, and some of the unique opportunities and complexities that it presents.

    “I have done a lot of drawing directly into steel plate with the oxy torch. Drawing is a conduit from the brain ... this has characterised my sculpture since I evolved the cut and fold technique.

    YOU STUDIED AT EAST SYDNEY TECH UNDER LYNDON Dadswell and Godfrey Miller but left after just 18 months – why was that?

    After seeing Ian Fairweather’s show at Macquarie Galleries I was so moved that I hitch-hiked up to Bribie Island to visit him. After spending a day

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