Sculpture as a language.
Rachel Carter's sculptures begin with process.
Weaving, knotting, twisting, wrapping and casting are not simply techniques used to make the work. They are a language — built through repetition, touch, material and time.
Working with historic hand processes and lost-wax bronze, Rachel explores how these physical gestures can carry stories, memories and traces of human experience.
The finished sculpture is the visible record of that process.
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Throwing the shuttle
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Digital capture of textiles
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Woven wax sculpture in progress
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Wax welding
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Bronze Casting
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Close up of bronze sculpture
The process is part of the sculpture
Weaving, knotting, wrapping and casting are processes made through the hand.
Each repeated gesture leaves a trace. Materials are manipulated, transformed and preserved, carrying something of the process into the finished sculpture.
The work begins here.
From woven structure to sculpture
The forms begin with the language of weaving — threads crossing, looping, holding and repeating.
Through the lost-wax process, these fragile structures are transformed into bronze, preserving the gestures of the hand in a material that can endure.
The process changes the material, but the language remains.