Alone Again

John Hoyle
Salt Spring Island, BC

Dimension

8" x 5" x 5"

Médium

Copper pipe, braze weld, applewood

I started the piece in late 2018, shortly after the passing of my mum. It’s my first venture into the human form, and I wanted to capture the feeling of loneliness I had at the time. I made a prerequisite that I could only use what materials I had at hand. I was doing a house renovation at the time, hence the copper plumbing pipe and electrical wire, and my work as an orchardist provided the applewood.

Alone Again

John Hoyle
Salt Spring Island, BC

À propos de l'artiste
À propos de l'artiste

John Hoyle
Salt Spring Island, BC

John Hoyle was born in Yorkshire, England, which is where he started creating things during his lunch breaks working in a welding shop. He moved to Canada in 1995 and Salt Spring Island in 1998, where he obtained an oxygen/propane set-up and started working in brass/copper and braze welding.

“Without formal training, my process involves a lot of head-scratching.”

The Parallel Art Show is the inaugural showing of John’s work.