Mauri graduated from the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology with
an Associate Diploma of Fine Art in
1972 where he majored in Sculpture and
began his unique forways into Jewellery
and Metalwork.
To foster his blossoming talent
in Gold and Silversmithing he returned
to Seven Hills College of Art as a miscellaneous
student in the late seventies and continued
an Advanced Silversmithing course in
1984
His work in both sculpture
and jewellery is creatively figurative.
He uses a variety of media: wood, stone,
cast bronze and stainless steel, cast
iron, gold, silver, gems, laminated
wood, found objects. In fact anything
appropriate for the creative work in
hand.
Mauri earns his living from
his artistic talents. His major involvement
with Sculpture Commissions has been
with Ecclessiastical Art for churches
of all denominations. many of these
serene works have been carved from major
blocks of wood with details in laminated
coloured woods. e.g. light colour for
a head, feet etc. and darker colour
for drapery, glued together to form
a composite whole.
These works, by their very
nature, tend to be fairly conservative
and somewhat restrictive. They range
in scale from 40 cm to over 2 metres
and can be seen various churches and
institutions around Brisbane, Charters
Towers, Townsville, Mackay and Rockhampton
Mauri uses his extensive creative
ability in many ways. You will find
him in his studio doing a wide variety
of work: Scroll work, Carving Coats
of Arms and carving furniture.
Mauri also sculpts in cast
bronze and stainless steel and has exhibited
in a variety of venues with both solo
and group exhibitions, particularly
with the Society of Sculptors Queensland
of which he has been a member since
1974
One of his stainless steel
sculptures has been acquired by the
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery.
Mauri's delicate jewellery
incorporates gold and silver, precious
stones and cast elements which have
been previously modelled in wax. His
latest works combine carved coloured
wood with metal and precious stones.
His jewellery follows similar
themes evident in his sculptural work
and his exciting "Torso Series"
are the direct result of forms obtained
using sheet wax for drapery.
Mauri has been tutoring in
Sculpture and Jewellery with the Queensland
Arts Council Artlink Program for a number
of years. This has involved travel mainly
in Western Queensland, particularly
Longreach and Barcaldine. Pupils travelled
vast distances to attend these workshops,
at a seven day Longreach workshop pupils
came from as far away as Mareeba (Far
Nth Qld), Townsville, Roma, and Tewantin.
Details of tuition and upcoming
workshops can be viewed on the Worskhops
page.
A comprehensive list of Exhibitions,
Commissions and Tutoring experience
is listed in Mauri's Curriculum
Vitae.
