Johannes Steuck

I was born in Sweden to German parents in 1956, after a short interlude in Germany, I have lived in Britain since 1962. I completed a sculpture degree course in Winchester between 1975 and 1978. I am a multimedia artist working with stained glass, mosaic and sculpture. I have taught in schools and worked with special needs people, doing an Ms in special education in 2015.

I am a stone carver (using traditional hand tools).

I mostly use limestone, it seems to carry within itself the memory of water, making it a perfect medium for organic forms.  I try to simulate the effect of the elements, the action of wind, the abrasion of sand in water.

I primarily use a point, working directly into the surface, the challenge is to create volume out of an essentially negative process—the punching of tiny holes. One has to carry an imagination of positive form, to counteract the reduction of material.

My leitmotiv is to, Bringing Matter into Motion.