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.…
Articles with Sculpture commission
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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…
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…
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: 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…