Published: Wednesday, 3rd October, 2007 09:40
Artist's bit of sparkle
By Colin Hutton
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TRIBUTE: David with his creation
Artist David Smith has used a whopping 11,000 diamantes in a tribute to film legend Audrey Hepburn.
The piece — ‘Audrey in Diamonds’ — is the main attraction at Clydebank carpet trader David’s first ever art exhibition.
The 33-year-old told the Post: “I did a smaller version of ‘Audrey in Diamonds’ for my friend and I just thought it would make a fabulous centrepiece for the exhibition to catch your eye when you come in — and it certainly does that.
“It took me about four weeks to complete and I put each of the diamantes on by hand — well actually with eyebrow tweezers.
“It was a massive task.”
By day David runs Drumchapel Carpets at the indoor market in Clydebank Shopping Centre and only started creating his masterpieces because he did not like any of the art on offer in the shops.
And when Drumchapel Arts Workshop — Draw — asked him to put on his own showcase he did not want to miss out on such a massive opportunity.
He said: “I would like to try and make this my career because I’ve been given a really fab opportunity and I just want to take it.
“All I can do is try my hardest because these chances don’t come along very often.
“It was really nice to actually see all my stuff up in such a big space — it looked great.
“You could say that I’m a bit chuffed.
“I only had two weeks to get all the stuff together for the exhibition so it was a bit of a mad rush — and really stressful.
“But we had an opening which 50 or so people attended so it was all worth it.”
The event is being held in the Gate Gallery, Drumchapel, until October 14 and has a modern theme ranging from abstracts to pop art.
Organisers Draw are a voluntary project and rely on funding and commissions from exhibitions like these so selected pieces will be on sale with a percentage of the money going to them.
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