Laurie

Synopsis: "I’ve always had that desire to do something big, you know, in a funny kind of way ... I’m a manual worker really. I like working with me hands, and sculpturing is the essence of working with your hands, it’s a kind of a manipulation. If I had my time to begin again, I’d be a manual worker again." These are the opening words of Laurie, a South Shields born plasterer, and a self-taught sculptor, painter and photographer. At the age of seventy he was commissioned by Amber Associates to produce his first ever life-size model, for the River project. The film observes the traditional "waste-mould" process, as Laurie’s clay model goes through its various metamorphoses, to finally emerge as a powerful and compelling statue of a shipyard welder. While working, Laurie talks about his highly personal philosophy, resulting in a film which is both a record of a single artistic endeavour and an intimate portrait of an unusual and accomplished man.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 1979
Year of production: 1978
Subjects: Art
Keywords: sculpture

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