Cecilia Moore's current work combines all the elements of her training
in sculpture and metalwork to focus on "raising" an ancient,
near-obsolete process of hammering a flat disc of metal to create hollow
sculptural forms. It could perhaps be produced using mechanical means,
but this slow, physically demanding technique becomes a ritual between
the metal, hammer and maker and is the deliberate act of art-making that
is central to this work. Pieces are formed from copper, bronze,
copper-based alloys, silver and often incorporates found objects and
used metal parts. Surfaces are textured by a variety of methods from
etching, to engraving to hammering pieces on pitted welding tables. The
forms and parts always seem to wander from their initial sketched
design, before decisions can be pinned down and the parts fitted and
soldered together, the colour patinas too evolve and change. This method
of working intuitively is far slower, but as a result each piece is
unique and a joy to make and own.