Matt Warner-Davies

Bronze castings finishing the surface with shoe polish. 1st photo in the middle of process, 2nd one is how it started, 3rd is the edition in process. I will post the finished piece after am done waiting for polish to dry. #semioticmonuments #bronzecasting #sculpture #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/B9uh64zFSlA/?igshid=1f2oknwvyw2pt

Cleaning up bronze castings for a show I have. The show is titled Getting to Nowhere. The opening is March 25th at Merced College Gallery. #semioticmonuments #bronzecasting #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Huu_VlOTq/?igshid=9yqaifxl030f

Gating is off of the bronze. This is the painting that started the sculpture. Still need to clean up a few bubbles and patina the bronze. #semioticmonuments #sculpture #bronzecasting https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Y9rY-lxl9/?igshid=1g8fvyrm0ovwm

Devesting the bronzes today. Don’t have a lot of studio space but it is beautiful up here in the Motherlode region https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TiGAglQpO/?igshid=1v43licow01v0

Group show opening tonight at Merced College. “Burned into my memory” pencil, plaster, styrofoam, paint, and ash. #semioticmonuments #sculpture #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/B5rX6CiF3CE/?igshid=1vjh5w4kk44xm

Getting sprues and gates attached for the upcoming bronze pour #semioticmonuments #sculpture #foundry #bronzecasting https://www.instagram.com/p/B5HP7QnFcDW/?igshid=4kr73wp9dtfm

We are on our way to bronze. #sculpture #foundry #contemporaryart #semioticmonuments https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BHg2_laCx/?igshid=1v34jwxyy30k0

Had a rad time @houseobeautyartsalon printmaking workshop tonight. We were doing relief prints. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yVn1NFb9B/?igshid=1ro7e7sku02qz

In process with both these...but playing with the idea of building the forms that I’ve been using in my Painting myself into a corner series. #semioticmonuments #wip #sculpture #contemporaryart #painting https://www.instagram.com/p/ByB3SyaFG9I/?igshid=t8so2altbbg8

#motherlodemoments https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvek3FPFtd7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kaa9d7b4wguv

I was making boats out of boxes for my son and thought of all the boats and shipping containers I used to see at the harbor. A study, for future work? #capitalism #collage #international #worldtrade #foundobject #longbeachharbor https://www.instagram.com/p/BuOxGQll_0U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2vin7sq8ob51

Driving up and down the Central Valley I’ve witnessed the immense amount of agricultural production and food processing that happens here. “The best thing since sliced bread” #worldtrade #international #collage #foodprocessing https://www.instagram.com/p/BueTXt_FHec/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=57b3d5bopyxl

I was making boats out of boxes for my son and thought of all the boats and shipping containers I used to see at the harbor. A study, for future work? #capitalism #collage #international #worldtrade #foundobject #longbeachharbor https://www.instagram.com/p/BuOxGQll_0U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q0xoydf7jkd4

Bronze pour at Merced College 👍👌🤗 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8OV4_lmYr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=we6nw4qwcl2v

Legibility is at stake #wip #badlydrawnsigns #ihavethelastsemiotics https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKqXIuBsAw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17lj6vcqqx2p9

Quotes about being brave and not listening to people who poo on your ideas. 😀 https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcC1-xFzUd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17py1zwru2xr3