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Collectors’ Selection – raising funds for Hove Plinth
Come and see Emmeline at the Collectors’ Selection Open House during the Brighton May Festival 2018 (all weekends, including Bank Holiday Mondays). This year focuses on innovative 3-D work, with all profit going towards the…
Hove Plinth launched!
A real party atmosphere on the seafront marked the launch of the Hove Plinth and its inaugural sculpture, Constellation, by Jonathan Wright. You’ll find the Plinth on the King’s Esplanade, end of Grand Avenue, Hove.…
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…
Sculpting the unclothed Cracker Packers
Following traditional best practice, I sculpt the Cracker Packer figures unclothed first. Why? If you think about the clothes you are wearing now, where do your clothes touch your body? Our bodies shape the clothing…
Blocking out the Cracker Packers
First, I need to finalise the Cracker Packers’ figure armatures. My models come in, one at a time, so I can compare them to the armature – many tweaks are required. I also take lots…
Working with the Cracker Packer models
In order to breathe life into my Cracker Packer figures I need to work with live models. What I need are two women, one taller than the other, to model for me. Using actual Cracker…