Our Emmeline: the unclothed figure
Call me traditional. As far as I’m concerned, the only way to get a convincing figure is to work with a model and start with the unclothed figure first. If it was good enough for…
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Our Emmeline: working with the model
I am often asked why I use models, as it adds time and expense. My response is to ask, how could you sculpt a convincing statue without working with a model? If you want your…
Our Emmeline: Blocking-out in clay
With Our Emmeline’s armature complete, there’s no time to waste. On goes the ceremonial first piece of clay. But with half a tonne of clay to add, I have to speed up. Fast enough for…
Finishing the Our Emmeline armature
Tick. The first stage of the armature is done. The main scaffolding structure, including a ‘back iron’ to take the weight, is in place. From this early stage you get a strong sense of the…
Our Emmeline: unveiling plans
UNVEILING ‘Rise up, women’ Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst Friday 14 December Between no.s 1 & 2 St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 3DE www.womanchesterstatue.org Timings updated 6 December 2018 The excitement is mounting. Only a month…
Building Our Emmeline’s armature
It’s early February. The snow is on the ground. The funding gap for The Emmeline Pankhurst statue is bridged by the Government’s Centenary Fund (Centenary Cities). Time for celebration and the signing of my contract…
Cracker Packers Cracker Packers’ statue unveiled
International Women’s Day 8 March 2018 – 11am As you read this, women biscuit factory workers – the so-called Cracker Packers – are unveiling my bronze statue dedicated to their work, lives and friendships. It’s…
And then there’s the biscuit…
Part of the humour of the piece is that the two Cracker Packers are standing atop a 90cm-wide Carr’s Table Water Biscuit. How do I go about sculpting a giant biscuit? That’s a new one…
The final clay Cracker Packers
It’s 5.30am in the morning and Sandra, my model, falls asleep standing up. Okay, it’s time to stop. No one else will appreciate the minor tweaks I am making. Guess I’m a bit of a…
The Cracker Packers’ interaction
How two figures interact is not something I usually need to think about. But I have set myself a challenge. To capture the spirit of the Cracker Packers, there has to be two figures. And…
Sculpting the clothed figure – II
The Cracker Packer from the early 1900s is ready to be clothed. Of course she’s already wearing her corset. But it’s now time to sculpt her smock blouse and large wraparound apron, over her own…
Sculpting the clothed figure – I
The Cracker Packer from the current day – 2017/18 – is ready to be clothed. Sandra has ‘sat’ patiently – and painfully – in the pose for many weeks. At least now she can wear…