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The Storytelling Machine
featured in
Saturday Morning
a picture book written and illustrated by James Paterson


 
James in Georgian Bay with The Storytelling Machine large standing wire sculpture

The Storytelling Machine is also seen in the video  created by MRP Studios for inclusion in the Saturday Morning book and can be viewed by QR code.

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James Paterson standing with largest standing, moving wire sculpture

"It Came To Me - This Is An Engine Of Joy"
91.5 x 48 x 18.5 in

Largest, moving wire sculpture to date.

Large, standing, moving wire sculpture "It Came To Me-This Is An Engine Of Joy
Front View
Back View

JP Sculpture at University of Waterloo

I believe that we were made for joy. And that out of that joy comes our desire to create. And to be creative means to participate in bringing things together.

 We all in some way participate collectively in being creative...

 

(Read the entire talk given at the Grebel Reunion, June 4, 2022)

We Are All Engines of Joy moving wire sculpture installed at Conrad Grebel in Waterloo, Ontario

Grebel Alumni come through

"James Paterson builds ambiguous machine-like looking objects from steel wire and mixed media. (Read more...)

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This commission was made possible by generous donations from Grebel alumni.

"Love Smiles Over Our Home". Colorful moving wire sculpture by Canadian Artist James Paterson

"Love Smiles Over Our Home"

Moving Wire Sculpture

35 x 14 x 7 in

Large, colorful wall-mounted wire sculpture by James Paterson. Biographical of childhood in Toronto

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Boat-shaped colorful wire sculpture by Canadian Artist James Paterson

"Sometimes I Felt Weightless When I Was Flying Down My Street"

47.5 x 47.5 x 6 in

"This Is A Bouquet Of Wonder"

23 x 17.5 x 5 in

Free-standing Wire Sculpture

Large or small, you'll LOVE them all!
Small table-top wire sculpture with stained glass window effect. James Paterson

"Enchanted Once Again"

Free-standing Wire Sculpture

20 x 14 x 4.5 in

Tall, standing, moving wire sculpture on 6 steel wheels

"Play Makes You Human"

Floor-standing, Moving Wire Sculpture

85 x 36 x 12 in

Colorful fish with two birds wire sculpture by James Paterson Canadian Artist

"My Soul Is Rebuilt In The Colours Of Joy"

Free-standing Wire Sculpture

22.5 x 19 x 5.5 in

Large, tall, standing wire sculpture on three steel wheels. James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"Help Me Experience What I Believe"

Moving Wire Sculpture

82 x 53 x 15 in

"In My Dreams All The Places Are Bigger" Tall, standing wire sculpture on three steel wheels. James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"In My Dreams All The Places Are Bigger"

Moving Wire Sculpture

77.5 x 42 x 17 in

I Won This In A Wager With My Imagination. Tall, standing moving wire sculpture

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"I Won This In A Wager With

My Imagination"

Moving Wire Sculpture

72 x 33 x 9 in

Wall-mounted wire sculpture at Sick Kid's hospital Toronto. James Paterson Canadian Artist

"There Is A Joy That Confounds And A Beauty That Embraces"

68 x 51 x 5.5 in

At The Sick Children's Hospital, Peter Gilgan Research Wing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Wall-mounted wire sculpture by James Paterson at University Hosp. Cleveland, Ohio

"When I Was Young I Could Fly"

51 x 36 x 5 in

At The University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

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Wall-mounted wire sculpture installed at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, CA

"And There You Were And You Were Flying"

36 x 60 x 1.5 in

At The Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,

Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

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Whimsical, moving wire sculpture with faces. Wood base. James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"Imagination Is My Carnival Of Prayer"

Moving Wire Sculpture

45 x 35 x 9.5 in

Whimsical, moving wire sculpture with wood base, steel structure base by Canadian artist James Paterson

"I Live In A Land With Many Moving Parts"

Moving Wire Sculpture

90 x 42 x 20 in

Available at The Laffer Gallery

Schuylerville, New York

Whimsical, moving wire sculpture with faces. Wood base. James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"What Matters Is To Listen"

Moving Wire Sculpture

45 x 28 x 10.5 in

Colorful, wall-mounted wire sculpture with large eye. James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"I Hope This Makes You Curious Enough To Ask For More"

Wall-mounted Wire Sculpture

31 x 17.5 x 3.5 in

Catalog No. 791

Colorful, wall-mounted wire sculpture by James Paterson Canadian Artist

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"You Fly The Flags Of My Love"

Wall-mounted Wire Sculpture

53 x 38 x 5 in

Catalog No. 751

Colorful, wall-mounted wire sculpture. An Engine of Joy. James Paterson

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"Your Beauty Drives My Engine Of Joy"

Wall-mounted wire Sculpture

35 x 18 x 3.5 in

Catalog No.768

Wire Sculpture commissioned for the Crossings Exhibition
Toronto, Ontario
March 2 - April 14, 2022
Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai wire sculpture by James Paterson created for Crossings Show Toronto

"Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai"

(Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name Of The Lord)

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Moving Wire Sculpture

57 x 50 x 16 in

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James Paterson Wire Art

COMMISSIONED WORK

JP accepts commissioned work from around the globe. 

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