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Alice McLean
Alice McLean creates bronze and copper constructions;
welded, machined and colored with hot process patina.
In her work, she treats antique beads as found objects
in still life. She eliminates the superfluous and retains
detail proportionate to the piece. Working in series,
McLean accumulates momentum, wearing away the
non-essential to reveal what is primitive and authentic to
a personal and particular aesthetic.
McLean makes her patina “paintings” on bronze plates
using abrasive discs, grinders and hot process patinas.
She builds up raised features using a tungsten-inert-
gas arc welder, and attaches them to the plate with
bronze pegs. McLean applies patinas to the surface
horizontally while revolving the work on a firebrick
turntable with torch below and at the sides.
McLean’s work is shown in selected galleries
throughout the world and in selected permanent public
and corporate collections.
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