Raef Baldwin
C r e a t o r
Raef Baldwin is a versatile designer creator in so-called 'Formatures', one who works in several media, producing garden objects and sculpture, as well as decorative pieces and furniture for the home. His art is consistently playful and inventive; weathervanes, fountains, wall mirrors, birdtables, chairs, cupboards, ceramics and opulently painted screens that often have a surreal left-of-field character.
The functional nature of much of his open-air work gives it a natural kinetic quality, work that is very much about movement and animation, as well as the rich interplay of different components, colours and materials resourcefully combined. - Anthony Shaw Collection and David Whiting
It all begins with an idea… ‘I love the light from candles, I used to call my candlestick Wax Illuminare! The quality of light from a candle flame is a warming reassurance in a some-what dark world, even though one candle produces but one hundredth of the illumination of a modern light bulb, the small ritual of striking a light and igniting the wick has been a significant reassuring ritual for millennia, it is why candles are still used today to represent lost souls, or loved ones, they represent a fragile yet tangible flickering reminder that lights up the dark unknown. While they light the way they equally produce moving shadows that have provided a wealth of stories and probably instilled a fear of the dark in our collective psyche.’ - Raef Baldwin
Raef’s large commissions and small works are created from mixed medias. Raef has commission experience working for business clients and public works using a wide range of materials. Raef has participated in a variety of exhibitions and commissions with arts organisations, arts commissioners, individual clients and businesses, previous clients being: Cambridge County Council, Southern Arts, Crafts Council, Oxford County Council, Priors Court School, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, London Contemporary Arts, Robert Palmer to name a few. He has also exhibited in some 42 exhibitions and completed over 30 public and private commissions.