Ray Haydon Bronze Commission

The installation of Ray Haydon’s largest bronze sculpture commission to date ‘Soul’ 2025 took place on Wednesday this week at a private residence in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. 

The artwork weighs over 100 kg and stands over 2.5 meters in height. 

'Soul' was commissioned in response to the site where it resides - sitting in a rounded garden surrounded by an extended driveway and opposite the client’s residence, Haydon’s iconic curves and sinuous forms mirror the curvature of the garden’s architecture and contrasts beautifully with the native flora and fauna that have been planted in its location. As with all bronze works, the patina of the sculpture will weather and change gracefully over time. 

Dr Andrew Paul Wood discusses the importance of the line in Haydon’s work; referencing Paul Klee’s ‘taking a line for a walk’ but also highlighting the negative space that Haydon’s sculptures delineate. Haydon often describes the ‘simple flowing lines’ of his sculptures and the space that the works ‘create’. He likes the idea of a person walking around his works, the sculpture changing or morphing as it is being viewed.

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