Max Jacquard

For the ‘Untold Stories’ Solo show at Zest Gallery in May I created a new series of pieces in cast crystal using the female figure as inspiration. Here the sections of the body that were cast from life are rendered almost abstract. Being tightly framed within a block that allows us to see beneath the [...]

On September 31st I boarded the ferry to Ostend with Albion in a coffin on the roof of my car and the two scarecrows boxed up in the boot. You can imagine the looks I got from the customs officers. There was a lot of explaining to do!
After a long drive across Belgium and most [...]

In June 2007 I participated in the 4th Sculpture Biennale Kijkduin. Entitled ‘Reflections by the Sea’ the event used the seafront setting of the Southern Coastal resort of Kijkduin near The Hague. After two successful years of presenting outdoor sculpture this year the theme was concerned with light. Curated by Angela Van Der Burght [...]

Created for the open air Exhibition ‘Fresh Air 2005′ in the idyllic Gardens of Quenington Old Rectory in Gloucestershire. These figures created quite a stir amongst the Flower Beds.
Created in a patchwork of glass sewn together with bronze wire , each scarecrow consisted simply of one long sleeved garment like a tunic or oversized shirt. [...]

I don’t like waste at the best of times. So when I started to think about the expensive Artista Glass that had been used to make the Green man I wondered if there was a more economic and ecologic way to create a glass patchwork.The idea of making a patchwork quilt or blanket is to [...]

The latest life sized human figure is a sleeping female form defined by the luxuriant folds of the sheet that covers her.

For this piece I wanted to get away from the self portrait and to express something of the tenderness that one feels towards a sleeping companion.

In this figure I have tried to capture a [...]

in Feb 2007 I presented new work as part of the Connect7 Exhibition at the Studio Glass Gallery.
On show was a new version of the For My Lost Loves series. This time a wall mounted version with a row of fragile glass tissues pinned to a glass backing rather like butterfly specimens.

There are two new [...]