Gill Forsbrook
Gill Forsbrook is a sculptor and maker based in Norwich, Norfolk, working principally in metal: brass, copper, aluminium and steel. She studied Three Dimensional Design at Manchester Polytechnic and completed an MA in Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts in 2022.
Alongside her sculpture she has a long practice as a jeweller, making work that is wearable as well as sculptural. Her work has been shown widely in the UK and abroad, including at Contemporary Applied Arts in London, the Mall Galleries, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the National Centre for Craft & Design, and in a solo exhibition at Gallery Si in Kobe, Japan.
Artist Statement
I am a maker of things, some of which are wearable. For me the starting point is making; the exploration of materials and process, the consideration of form and space, the effects of colour and light, the juxtaposition of lines and planes and the resulting dynamic relationships. Making is a leap of faith, the belief in the pursuing of an idea, in movement and change, in the as yet unseen potential of things. Making is trusting in the life affirming possibility of change and of a thing, new, brought into being.
