Rhizome Sculpture

Contemporary stone sculpture for the home and garden inspired by nature and the grown world. Ben Russell is a stone sculptor based in West Dorset, UK. He works in a variety of stones including limestone local to the UK and alabaster, marble and onyx from around the world. 'When producing my work I use a mixture of the traditional skills learnt from my time in the heritage industry whilst employing a fairly spontaneous direct carving approach. Having fallen for the charms of stone I take inspiration from the grown world within the landscape and habitats that surround me in the rolling hills of West Dorset. I am fascinated by the interaction of seemingly soft and flowing organic forms within a hard natural material and strive to capture something of the way in which I saw the grown environment as a child. I encourage the viewer to question our place on the planet and evoke a realisation that we must respect nature in order to survive as a species. It feels ever more important to me to reconnect with the forms that enthralled me growing up. By creating these sculptures I feel closer to nature and myself and hope to awaken this feeling in others'