100 Days - sketches in marble

100 Days exhibition at Moreton Mill. Photograph by Pooch Purtill


Download the 100 Days poster The idea behind the series was to produce a sculpture a day, for one hundred days, using the same material, marble, exploring the area between figuration and abstraction. The plan was hatched in February 2009, and completed a year later after nine months of work. The notion of a 'sketch' in marble is a new one, due to the availability of sophisticated power tools, and these tools are a revelation in the respect that they allow exploration of ideas and forms relatively quickly.

One hundred sculptures were completed. One hundred days of work. Ten hours of work each day.

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'Creation of Day No. 96' an article by Charlotte Hobson:

"8am, in the chill blue light of a January morning, William Peer's workshop lies under a layer of white dust. On shelves and laid out on the floor are the sculptures created on days 1-95; around them tools, children's toys, a bicycle -  all of it transformed by dust, whitened and stilled."

To read more of the article, please download here.

To read William's thoughts on this series please click here.

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