Renton’s Delivery Truck
$800
Renton’s Delivery Truck, was part of Are We There Yet, an exhibition featuring a series of unlikely cars referencing our ongoing journey through life — carrying our personal narratives and possessions, our stuff, along the way.
Brendan likes to think laterally when making sculpture and humour is a big part of that. By taking a functional element of a car and reimagining it in clay, it makes us think, what is it that makes a car a car.
The clay blocks and base are made by combining recycled clay — off-cuts from his domestic ware — with perlite and paper, creating a material that is both strong and light. After the first firing, Brendan rubs in oxides and applies coloured glazes before a second firing. The finished pieces are then assembled using brass rods.
"I always try to include something functional in my sculptures. With these cars, I enjoyed the challenge of making them actually move — a functioning element drawing attention to just how non-functional the object really is."
Height 23cm x Width 28cm x Depth 11cm
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