Sculpting Reality from the Abstract

Robin Richardson

Robin’s work isn’t confined to aesthetics; it’s an attempt to materialize the intangible, to give form to emotions, dimensions, and ideas that exist beyond what most people can perceive. Her sculptures are more than objects; they are beings, extracted from a world she sees as vividly as her own.

A Journey Through Words and Worlds

Robin first made a name for herself as a writer. Poetry was her gateway into creative expression, a medium through which she could dissect existence with raw honesty. Her critically acclaimed book, Sit How You Want, explored existential dread, intimacy, addiction, and the underbelly of modern life. Her poetically musing words were deeply personal, exposing both the beauty and brutality of relationships, power struggles, and societal decay.

But then, in 2020, things shifted. The lockdowns triggered something within Robin, something profound and irreversible. What some might call a “spiritual awakening,” she describes as her mind splitting open, revealing an entirely new way of perceiving the world. It wasn’t just enlightenment—it was an immersion into an alternate state of reality. “I broke out of the Matrix,” she says. “And it wasn’t what I expected.”

She spent years oscillating between realms—sometimes in a state of divine clarity, sometimes in a nightmarish landscape of disconnection and despair. She hosted the Lighten Up, You’re Eternal podcast, sharing her experiences of awakening and self-discovery, and for a while, she found solace in that. But by 2023, she found herself spiraling into an even darker place. The descent was total, isolating her from everything and everyone. Then, slowly, she emerged. And this time, she returned not just with words—but with creatures.

The Birth of Sculptures

Robin’s sculptures began as a way to anchor herself. What started as small, tangible objects soon became something much more significant: a means of materializing the unseen, of pulling entities from her consciousness into the physical world. She describes her process as an act of extraction, of plucking these figures from other dimensions and solidifying them in clay.

“I see them before I make them. They’re already there—I just have to bring them into this world.” - Robin Richardson

Her creatures, often whimsical yet eerily familiar, have a distinct energy—both playful and profound. They exist in a space between nostalgia and the uncanny, like childhood memories warped by time or characters from dreams that feel too real.

She calls one of her main sources The Animaniacs Dimension—a place inhabited by absurd, hyper-expressive beings who operate on their own logic. “They’re like if the original cartoons had access to twelve dimensions,” she laughs. “They don’t just exist—they engineer realities.”

Monsters, Gargoyles, and Guardians

There’s something comforting about Robin’s creations, despite their otherworldly nature. Her characters often have exaggerated features—wide, expressive eyes, mischievous grins, or melancholic stares. Some are heartbreakingly vulnerable, others unsettlingly joyful. “People tend to gravitate toward the sad ones,” she notes. “They want to take them home, care for them.”

These aren’t just decorative pieces—they are guardians in a way. Some may compare them to the gargoyles on churches: protectors disguised as monsters. “Having sculpted monsters around wards off actual monsters,” she says. “They don’t just sit in the shadows anymore. They become part of your world, something you can understand, interact with—even laugh with.”

Her Bleeding Heart Club Boys series is a perfect example—tiny, heart-shaped figures with devil horns, embodying the duality of pain and endearment. “I started making them for Valentine’s Day,” she says, “but instead of love, I found heartbreak.” Yet, even in their sadness, they radiate a certain charm. They are lovable, adoptable, real.

As of now, Robin is back after a two year stint in the underworld to share a more integrated and unveiled approach to the underlying structures of reality, myth & metaphysics. She also continues to create, to explore, and to extract. Her work defies simple classification—it is a fusion of art, philosophy, and metaphysics. She is bridging realities, inviting us all to step into her world, even if just for a moment.

And maybe, just maybe, once we’re there, we will understand.

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