Hyper-Realistic Sculptures by Jamie Salmon
Jamie Salmon is a
British born, self taught contemporary sculptor, living and working in
Vancouver, Canada. He started his career working as a commercial artist
and sculptor for the movie effects industry. He specializes in
hyper-realist sculpture, both figurative and portrait, utilizing such
materials as silicone rubber, resin, hair and fabric.
Jamie says
of his working process: “I want to make something that tells a story or
moves people in some sort of way, not something that just looks very
real. Of course, I need my works to have a certain degree of reality
about them, but it`s more of a heightened reality. This is also why I
like to play with scale in a lot of my works as well. I think it is
something that catches people off guard and forces them to confront
their ideas about reality, and to also think about the idea behind the
work more deeply. Maybe more so than they would do if the piece were
just life size.”
