{"title":"MIKE SEYMOUR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"\u003eARTIST STATEMENT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Seymour's artwork situates itself within the disciplines of craft, architecture, and design. His process involves an experimental approach to combining and using craft and industrial processes and hands-on collaboration with craftspeople and technicians. Deliberately suspending his focus between crafts such as metalworking, enamelling, glass working and ceramics, combining the processes and materials almost haphazardly, his interest lies in bypassing a kind of technical ability to allow the material and techniques to influence the works. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Seymour has worked as a designer for the international lighting company 'Bocci' for over a decade, where he specialized in large scale installations and exhibitions. Meanwhile, he has maintained an active art studio practice exploring ceramic, glass and metal work while completing 2 public artworks in Vancouver. \u003cbr\u003eIn 2024, Mike Seymour launched 'Sfossils' as a way of reframing works that bridge sculptural and functional prerogatives. The debut installation 'Paean' was a large columnal ceramic chandelier hung in the grand staircase of the Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, a 16th century disused villa in Milan, Italy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"#about\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"#cv\"\u003eArtist CV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paean-light-sculpture","title":"Paean Light Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Paean’ is a sculptural lighting series from artist Mike Seymour's studio, Sfossils. This series typifies Sfossils research-based explorations and situates itself within the context and history of materials and processes. Using minerals, periodic elements and processes borrowed from the adjacent craft worlds of metallurgy, glass blowing, and enamelling, a limitless amount of unique glaze recipes are possible. These glazes are deployed to create highly textured surfaces which ambiently diffuse cascading light. At first unlimited in variety, Paean is now cataloged into its own collections. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fixture is comprised of individual cylinder shaped pieces which can be installed in various orientations and at variable elevations. This fixture is available for sale, and the artist also does site specific installations of the pieces in various number. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease reach out to us to discuss options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mike Seymour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52265949364533,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/5798\/8661\/files\/Paean_7542026_LR-4_34cd8dba-6090-46cb-9eec-06ff650df297.jpg?v=1769461835"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/5798\/8661\/collections\/KaitoForthStudio2.jpg?v=1788986427","url":"https:\/\/vesselsandsticks.com\/collections\/mike-seymour.oembed","provider":"Vessels + Sticks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}