IRMA GRUENHOLZ

CLAY ILLUSTRATION

This is the sculpture that I have made during Covid lock-down. I needed to express the feeling of protection that I felt when the pandemic started. Protect the people I love and myself from an unknown and hostile environment. As the events happened, that physical feeling of defense was transformed into a psychological need to care for the hope to continue despite adversity. Inside those hands I shelter everything that drives me to move on.
Take care.

Clay illustration for @washingtonpost. The article is about how to raise children who are interested in the environment, by Caitlin Gibson. AD.: Victoria Fogg.

Work in progress. Before being painted.
Work in progress. Before being painted.

Work in progress. Before being painted.

San Isidro 2019

The Madrid City Council commissioned me to create a stop motion for the poster of San Isidro 2019.
I sculpted in plasticine a couple dancing Chotis, the regional dance of Madrid.

Art Director: Nacho Padilla
Sculpture: Irma Gruenholz
Photography: Fernando Maquieira
Typography: Chulapa by Carles Casasín and Pablo Gámez
based on an original idea by Silvia Fernández Palomar

Inside Glow

I’ve had the pleasure to collaborate with AD Germany magazine in the September issue.
The work was to sculpt specific tablewares in miniature. I’ve especially enjoyed recreating the pieces of such talented designers.

The Chinese edition of Il Ballerino del Silenzio
The Chinese edition of Il Ballerino del Silenzio

The Chinese edition of Il Ballerino del Silenzio

Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis

Adwoa Aboah. Powerful woman
Based on Tim Walker pic
Adwoa Aboah. Powerful woman
Based on Tim Walker pic

Adwoa Aboah. Powerful woman

Based on Tim Walker pic