Toin Adams — Sculpture, Public Art & Digital Work

Bronze, resin, steel and light — public commissions, community projects, studio works and digital pieces. Each strand of the work carries its own colour; open one to see the projects inside it.

ScrollStudio — Algarve, Portugal

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”Leonardo da Vinci“The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.”Michelangelo“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”Friedrich Nietzsche“Creativity takes courage.”Henri Matisse“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”Paul Klee“I paint flowers so they will not die.”Frida Kahlo“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”James Baldwin“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.”Nina Simone“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.”Chuck Close“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.”Joan Miró“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”Henry Moore“For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.”Louise Bourgeois“The sculptor carves because he must.”Barbara Hepworth“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”Constantin Brâncuși“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination.”Keith Haring“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon.”Patti Smith“Never play to the gallery.”David Bowie“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”Twyla Tharp“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.”Neil Gaiman“There should be something revelatory about art.”Tracey Emin“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”Leonardo da Vinci“The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.”Michelangelo“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”Friedrich Nietzsche“Creativity takes courage.”Henri Matisse“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”Paul Klee“I paint flowers so they will not die.”Frida Kahlo“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”James Baldwin“It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.”Nina Simone“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.”Chuck Close“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.”Joan Miró“Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”Henry Moore“For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.”Louise Bourgeois“The sculptor carves because he must.”Barbara Hepworth“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”Constantin Brâncuși“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination.”Keith Haring“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon.”Patti Smith“Never play to the gallery.”David Bowie“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”Twyla Tharp“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.”Neil Gaiman“There should be something revelatory about art.”Tracey Emin