David began sculpting in his teens , mostly figurative work carved in wood. Returning to Auckland in his early twenties he worked in a variety of jobs including boatbuilding and construction and gained skills with glass and carbon fibre, steel fabrication, welding and woodwork.

McCracken is continually developing and adding to his vocabulary of systems and continues to try new techniques such as that employed in ‘drop forged artwork’ – achieved by dropping a wrecking ball from a crane onto a sheet of alluminium  placed atop a sand bed to generate a massive ‘dent’… or hydroforming steel into complex compound forms with hydrostatic pressure, or driving over sheets of steel with a vehicle to create curves.

https://davidmccracken.nz/

David McCraken is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery (Auckland)

https://gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/artists/217-david-mccracken/