Chris Crane
Much of Chris’s inspiration comes from wildlife, this is where the idea for a piece of artwork can often start: an encounter with a hare, momentarily frozen before it flies across a clearing into the safety of the dunes; coming across a stag, which silently vanishes into the backdrop of the forest; or watching the dynamic grace of a falcon as it chases pigeons from the sea cliffs, or the entwined play of otters as they weave through lily ponds.
He first captures images in charcoal or ink, before he starts developing the artistic process before creating forms by arranging and merging pieces of steel. Chris works mainly with reclaimed steel objects, rusty tools that have languished at the back of a shed, bits of metal that have washed up onto the beach, old farming equipment, and other remnants of the area’s industrial past.
Cormorant head study
Reclaimed steel
41 x 14 x 33 cm
price £616Cormorant head study
Reclaimed steel
41 x 14 x 33 cm
price £616Heron head study
Reclaimed steel
40 x 14 x 30 cm
price £620Heron head study
Reclaimed steel
40 x 14 x 30 cm
price £620Roebuck
Reclaimed steel
125 x 32 x 116 cm
price £2769Roebuck
Reclaimed steel
125 x 32 x 116 cm
price £2769Raven
Reclaimed steel on hardwood
141.5 x 400 x 600 cm
Price £1925Raven detail
Reclaimed steel on hardwood
141.5 x 400 x 600 cm
Price £1925Raven (detail)
Reclaimed steel on hardwood
141.5 x 400 x 600 cm
Price £1925Raven
Reclaimed steel on hardwood
141.5 x 400 x 600 cm
Price £1925Drifting Jellyfish
Reclaimed steel on oak
69 x 38 x 21 cm
£935Drifting Jellyfish
Reclaimed steel on oak
69 x 38 x 21 cm
£935Drifting Jellyfish
Reclaimed steel on oak
69 x 38 x 21 cm
£935The Herbivore
Reclaimed steel
78.5 x 36 x 85 cm
Price £2620The Herbivore
Reclaimed steel
78.5 x 36 x 85 cm
Price £2620The Herbivore
Reclaimed steel
78.5 x 36 x 85 cm
Price £2620Wren on Gear
Ink & wash
152 x 204 mm
£ 120Workshop Mouse
Ink & wash
152 x 160 mm
£ 120Resting Wings
Reclaimed steel & copper
117 x 114 x 51 cm
£1846Resting Wings
Reclaimed steel & copper
117 x 114 x 51 cm
£1846Resting Wings
Reclaimed steel & copper
117 x 114 x 51 cm
£1846Resting Wings
Reclaimed steel & copper
117 x 114 x 51 cm
£1846Frog Oak (detail)
Reclaimed steel
52 x 34 x 36 cm
SOLDButterfly
Reclaimed steel
45 x 44 x 20 cm
SOLDYoung Grey
Reclaimed steel
122 x 29 x 64.5 cm
SOLD
£2,769Hare head study (detail)
Reclaimed steel
51 x 20 x 13 cm
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