The ecstasy of dance
As a life-long dance-lover, it’s no surprise that I have sought collaborations with dancers. But it’s more than that. I feel a strong connection between sculpture and dance. Sculpting, as with dance, is visceral, it’s…
Articles with Bronze sculpture
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The agony of dance
I have been experimenting. Bronze Age Sculpture Casting Foundry let me loose in the wax room. This new sculptural work-in-progress – Agony and Ecstasy – exudes the joy of dance yet the pain of pushing…
Emmeline portrait supports Manchester charities
Two Manchester-based rights charities are sharing in the proceeds from this new life-size bronze portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst. As a token of my appreciation, ten percent of the sales price is split between Breakthrough UK…
Hazel featured in AS News
Earlier this year Sally Dickinson visited my studio to interview me about what it’s like to be a sculptor with Axial Spondyloarthritis (AS for short). She is from the National Society (NASS). Here’s her article…
Cracker Packers on Ch 5
Fond memories. Just watched ‘Secrets of the McVitie’s Factory’ on Ch5 (7 April 2019). Great to see the retired women biscuit factory workers – the Cracker Packers – Grace, Ann, Susan, and Jean, who helped…
Our Emmeline in The Economist
The Economist journalist Joel Budd interviewed me for ‘They could be heroes: Britain is in the midst of a Victorian-style statue mania’. Our Emmeline gets a name check and photo in this interesting article. 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…
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…
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…
Sandra staples the mesh to the underside of the ply biscuit Building the Carr’s biscuit armature
Did I mention the biscuit? The two Cracker Packers, from past and present, are standing atop my favourite – a Carr’s Table Water Biscuit. At 90cm wide, it’s a little larger than the ones I…
Building the Cracker Packer armatures – I
Clay is heavy so we need to build a strong metal frame or armature to support it. At this stage I usually work with the sculptor Mark Longworth who’s great at planning out a rigorous…
Cracker Packers help design their statue
The past year has gone so quickly. I have been working away in the studio on the Cracker Packers statue, consisting of two women biscuit factory workers – one from the past and one from…