Like a floating object at sea, this hanging sculpture represents the island of Lundy and its shipwrecking history. Edward used the aerial view of Lundy to inspire the shape of his sculpture. This is important as it shows the border between the sea and the land. On Lundy’s shoreline, hundreds of ships have plunged to their fate, driven into the jagged rocks by ...
The rope lines series captures the ongoing relationship Edward Crumpton has with the material, tarred marlin rope. Edward discovered this material when he undertook research into an ancient walk called the Mariners Way and found that this type of rope was regularly used on traditional sailing ships. With this material he intends to use the rope as a line to ...
‘Mariners Way II’ is made of contemporary materials in the form of a knotted rope sphere is now on display at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus. Edward has named the new, 2015 sculpture, Mariners Way II, as a homage to the original sculpture and a symbolic reference of what the first sculpture encapsulated. Created by Devon-based artist Edward ...
Over the past year Edward Crumpton has been working on a project that will see him visit twelve different islands across the British Isles. This project began in 2014 when he went to his first island off the Devon coastline, Lundy Island. Going to Lundy, a place surrounded by sea, separated from the mainland meant he could focus his practice on studying the ...
A design competition to create a building for artist residencies commencing January 2015 was won by artist Edward Crumpton and architectures Charlotte Knight, Mina Gospavic, Ross Galtress & Lauren Shevills. For more details about the competition brief and story in the construction please view on the Blog & News pages..
Three pen and ink sketches made on the Mariners Way A series of three oil paintings inspired by a wintry Dartmoor at night. These works were produced at the same time as the wood cut prints with each process inspiring the other. Pace The knots in this work represent each step taken on part of the Mariners Walk by the artist. The tally marks represent the ...
A series of woodcut prints inspired by Dartmoor in winter that were produced at the same time as the Moonlit Mariners Way oil paintings.
Created by Edward Crumpton, an artist living and working in North Devon, this sculpture takes its inspiration from the almost mythical Mariners Way, a 73 mile long footpath running from Bideford to Dartmouth, via the wilds of Dartmoor. This arduous and sometimes treacherous footpath was used from the late 1600s by mariners wishing to change ships, crossing Devon ...
During May 2010, Edward made the journey from Lynton to Ivybridge, across Exmoor and Dartmoor and recorded his surroundings by producing a drawings every mile across the two moors. These 101 sketches capture the landscape and mood of the moors at brief moments along the way. After the walk Edward took his sketches back to the studio to become the subject of ...
Over a course of two months in 2009 I took on an art adventure where I produced a drawing every six hours across the great American Landscape. Travelling by car we hit the open road visiting the metropolises as well as the magnificently expansive terrains of Texas, The Rocky Mountains and The Grand Canyon. When I returned home these places had a significant ...