UNVEILING: Sir John Manduell
Sir John Manduell’s son, David Manduell, unveils the bust at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) on Friday 21 June 2024. Really heart-warming to receive such warm and touching responses from Sir John’s family.…
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COMMISSION: Sir John Manduell
PRESS RELEASE February 2024 RNCM FOUNDING PRINCIPAL HONOURED WITH NEW SCULPTURE BY HAZEL REEVES Sir John Manduell CBE, the Founding Principal who brought together two eminent Manchester music schools to establish the Royal Northern College…
AWARD NOMINATION: Our Elizabeth
I am very excited that my statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, affectionately known as Our Elizabeth, has been nominated for the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Public Sculpture. Here she is celebrating Pride 2023 in…
COMMISSION: Ada Nield Chew
I am delighted to be appointed the sculptor for a statue of the incredible activist and campaigner Ada Nield Chew (1879-1945). Representation matters. My passion is to tell the stories in bronze of those who…
MAGAZINE: Womanthology
We need more statue of women on our streets, reminding us that women have always done extraordinary things It was a real pleasure to be interviewed by Fiona Tatton, founder of the online magazine, Womanthology.…
UNVEILING: BBC coverage
Over the past couple of years, BBC North West and their reporter Kayleigh Watterson, have been covering the journey towards the unveiling of Our Elizabeth – the statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy – in Congleton,…
WINNER! Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture
Our Emmeline wins! PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture I still can’t quite believe it. I have to keep pinching myself. What a career highlight. Here is the press release from the Public…
VOTE: Agatha Christie commission
I am absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for this Agatha Christie commission for Torquay Harbourside. Today, the 3-minute submissions by the 5 shortlisted artists/teams are up on the Torbay Council website and the public can…
ELIZABETH CLAY FINISHED
After many months of hard work in the studio, the clay figure of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy is ready for the foundry to arrive and make the mould. I had to work to a tight timetable…
TV NEWS – Elizabeth statue
24 October 2021 – It was fun to be interviewed by BBC North West about progress on the statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy. Sue Munro, Chair of the commissioning Elizabeth’s Group, was interviewed at the…
THE GUARDIAN: Our Emmeline – ‘powerful and evocative statue’
Delighted that on International Women’s Day, The Guardian is featuring my statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, ‘Rise up, women’, as part of the Great British Art Tour, in partnership with Art UK. The author of ‘The…
COMMISSION: Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy
I am absolutely delighted to be chosen to sculpt “the brains behind the suffragist movement”, an extraordinary feminist, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, for Congleton. The Elizabeth’s Group is writing her name back into history. We need…