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…
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Hazel speaks at Feminist Public Sculpture Research Forum
Feminist Public Sculpture Research Forum Thursday 4 July 3pm Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University, Leeds, LS2 9AQ Hazel is delighted to be joining Professor Griselda Pollock, Sharon Thomas, and Rachel Reeves for this free…
Our Emmeline and Sarah
Sarah Jenkins is a fantastic model. It has been a real privilege to work with her again. Sorry Sarah for the cold, the heat, the corset-wearing, the pains in your legs and arms from holding…
Our Emmeline: the clothed figure – II
In the heat of this exceptionally hot summer Sarah wears corset, dress and jacket, so I can continue to sculpt Emmeline’s clothing. Progress is slow but sure. Before I extend the skirt right down to…
Our Emmeline: the clothed figure – I
So on go the clothes, layer upon layer. The skirt needs a lot of clay so we build an armature that goes around her legs, liked a hooped petticoat. Then I spend hours adding the…
Welcoming strong Manchester women
In early summer, Councillor Andrew Simcock (Chair of the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Campaign), Manchester City Council women councillors and women from the SafeSpots charity visit my studio to see the clay Our Emmeline in progress…
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…
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…
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…