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Deborah says:

My sculptures of figures and of animals range from tiny to life size. The sculptures are made in clay, wax or plaster and straw, then cast into the chosen material.

I am obsessed with casting and constantly try to perfectly recreate the original. A hangover from seeing the casts of the Vesuvius eruption victims in Pompeii at the age of twelve. I love the thought of the most fragile and fleeting thing being saved into something permanent. I hate things to be lost.

My life size sculptures are built in plaster and straw around a metal armature. I then make a sectional mould and cast the sculpture in a resin composite mix, hand making resin strands of hair and mane as I go. Each cast is never identical therefore, (but almost), and the spirit and look of the animal remains the same in each cast.

Have a look at Deborah’s sculptures, available to buy, here.

Suzie Marsh is a sculptor based in Cornwall. Her figurative animal sculptures have gained great acclaim over the last 30 years and she now has a loyal following both in the UK and abroad. Suzie has undertaken many private and business commissions including sculpture exhibits for a museum in Taiwan and the public installation of Nelson the Seal at Looe Harbour in Cornwall.

Suzie’s work aims to reflect her own fascination with an animal’s character and her figurative style captures their form precisely. As an animal lover, Suzie produces work to aid several animal charities and donates part of her profits to them.

The plight of moon bears in China and Vietnam being “milked” for their bile has become an overriding concern and her commitment to Jill Robinson of Animals Asia with her design of “Hope of Freedom” (the Animals Asia elephant in the 2010 London Elephant Parade) and her “Moonstruck” exhibition in 2012 raised substantial funds for the charity.

Suzie says, “To express what it means to me to help these bears is almost impossible to put into words. I know I am completely under the bears’ spell and will do what I can for them in my own small way and will always wish it could be more.”

A search for information about hippos led to Suzie’s long friendship and support of Karen Paolillo, who founded the Turgwe Hippo Trust in Zimbabwe in 1992. Karen has dedicated her life since then to preserving the hippos and other wildlife and their habitat during droughts and political unrest. More details of these two remarkable women can be accessed via Suzie’s website. In recognition of her own five cats who double as artist’s models Suzie is also a keen supporter of Cats Protection.

Suzie works in clay and then produces finished sculptures in bronze, pewter and resins, all of which are suitable for the home or garden. Full details are available on her website, www.suziemarshsculpture.co.uk. You can also find her on Facebook.

Jonty Hurwitz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and spent his early life living in small hotels in rural towns in South Africa. He studied a B.Sc (Eng) at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and worked as a full-time researcher at the University of Cape Town.

Following his studies, Jonty travelled in India, studying Yoga and wood carving, before arriving in London, where he then spent many years in the tech world designing financial risk algorithms.

Jonty started producing sculpture in 2009.

For more information, visit his website at www.jontyhurwitz.com.

Notable Collectors & Commissions: Science Gallery, Dublin; Hermann Collective, Austria; Science Centre, Singapore; Chugai Group, Tokyo; Savoy Hotel, London.

Documentary
“Is this the World’s Smallest Sculpture?”. A documentary on Hurwitz’s nano sculpture made by CNN featuring curator of the Tate Modern, Chris Dercon, sculptor Antony Gormley and art critic Estelle Lovatt. CNN “Ones to Watch” shines a spotlight on the up-and-coming creative talents set to be the next big names in culture and the arts. Published online and on CNN International, March 2015. See this article in Cosmos magazine for more details.

Museum Exhibitions
2017, Science Center, Singapore
2017, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
2017, Liberty Science Center, New York
2016, Science Gallery at the Art Powerplant, Leipzig
2015, Petrosains is a Science Centre, Malaysia
2014, Exploratorium, Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception, San Francisco
2014, Fleet Science Center, San Diego
2014, Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, ICA London

Academic Papers and References
Art on the Nanoscale and Beyond: Advanced Materials, 2016. Yetisen, A. K. ; Coskun, A. F. ; England, G. ; Cho, S. ; Butt, H. ; Hurwitz, J. ; Kolle, M. ; Khademhosseini, A. ; Hart, A. J. ; Folch, A. ; et al.[47]

Technology and the Arts: Current Works of Eric Whitaker and Jonty Hurwitz. International Science and Technology Conference (ISTEC) 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia. Written and presented by Mark Konewko, Marquette University, Wisconsen, USA.[48]

Nanotechnology Cleans Up, Carolien Coon, Physics World, May 2016[49]

Appearance-mimicking surfaces. Christian Schüller, Daniele Panozzo, and Olga Sorkine-Hornung. 2014. ACM Trans. Graph. 33, 6, Article 216 (November 2014)[50]

Cylindrical Mirror Anamorphosis and Urban-Architectural Ambience. Čučaković, A. & Paunović, M. Nexus Netw J (2015) 17: 605.[51]

Two Photon Absorption & Carrier Generation in Semiconductors. F.R. Palomo1, I. Vila, M.Fernández, P.DeCastro , M. Moll, Departamento Ingeniería Electrónica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, SSD Group, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland[52]

Anamorphic Experiences in 3D Space: Shadows, Projections and Other Optical Illusions. Symeonidou, I. Nexus Netw J (2016) 18: 779. [53]

The Magic of Anamorphosis in Elementary and Middle School. Marina Barreto and Diego Lieban, Proceedings of Bridges 2017: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture Pages 553–556 [54]

Numerical anamorphosis: an artistic exploration. Francesco de Comite and Laurent Grisoni, SA ’15 SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015 Art Papers, Article No. 1 [55]

Sanat ve Tasarımda Anamorfik Görüntüler (Anamorphic Images in Art and Design). Bengisu KELEŞOĞLU, Mehtap UYGUNGÖZ, Anadolu University Art & Design Magazine, Issue 7, 2016 [56]

Between reality and deception: the anamorphoses in visual communication (Entre a realidade e o engano: as anamorfoses na comunicação visual.), FERREIRA (UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA, PORTUGAL), Helena. Visualidades, [S.l.], v. 14, n. 1, set. 2016.[57]

Drzwi Do Nowej Percepcji – Londyński Festiwal Kinetica Art Fair 2013 / Doors To A New Perception – The London Festival Kinetica Art Fair 2013., Letkiewicz, Marek. 2014 Annales UMCS, Artes. 10(2): 95-106. Retrieved 17 Jan. 2018[58]

Anamorphosis in the work of foreign artists at the end of the XX-XXI century (Russian), статья в журнале – научная статья, YOUTH BULLETIN OF THE ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF CULTURE , 2(6), pages 136-139,2016 [59]

Art and Science Education in Optics: From Multidisciplinary to Transdisciplinary (Arte e Ciência no Ensino de Óptica: Da Multidisciplinaridade à Transdisciplinaridade), Claudemir Batista, Edivaldo Lima, Universidade de São Paulo, e-Disciplinas, Sistema de Apoio às Disciplinas [60]

Art & Design Awards:
2016, The Royal Photographic Society, Finalist, International Images for Science
2015, Guinness World Records, The Smallest Animal Sculpture
2015, Guinness World Records, The Smallest Sculpture of a Human Form
2010, Gofigurative Art Prize, Peoples Vote, London, United Kingdom
2010, Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist, Venice, Italy
2009, Bentlif Art Prize, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery, People Choice Award, United Kingdom
2009, Noble Sculpture Prize, Liguria, Italy
2000, New Media Age Nomination, Special Award for Innovation (Delve)
2000, IVCA, International Visual Communications Association, Nomination, Award for Innovation
1999, IVCA, International Visual Communications Association, Gold Award
1998, BIMA, British Interactive Media Association Awards (Delve)
1998, BAFTA Interactive Nomination, Best use of moving image (Delve)

Solo Exhibitions:
2014, Art and the Internet, Gofigurative Gallery, Hampstead, London
2013, Old Street Art, Gofigurative Gallery, Solo Show, London
2011, Noble Sculpture Prize, Italy

Group Exhibitions:
2019, Lausanne Art Fair, Beaulieu Exhibition Center, Switzerland
2019, Canwood Gallery, Hereford
2017, SCOPE Art Show with Modus Art Gallery, Miami, USA
2017, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, USA
2017, Catto Gallery, Portugal
2017, Kinetica Museum 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, London
2017, Illusion: Nothing Is As It Seems, Liberty Science Center, New York
2016, Walton Fine Arts, London
2016, Opera Gallery, London
2016, Gallerie de Medicis, Paris
2016, Science Gallery at the Art Powerplant, Leipzig
2016, International Images for Science, The Royal Photographic Society, London
2015, Illusion Exhibition Malaysia tour with the Dublin Science Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2014, Kinetica Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2014, Illusion Exhibition USA tour with the Dublin Science Gallery, San Francisco
2014, Illusion Exhibition USA tour with the Dublin Science Gallery, San Diego
2014, Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, ICA London
2013, Savoy Hotel, Unveiling of Kaspar the Anamorphic Cat sculpture, Solo show
2012, Kinetica Art Fair, London
2011, Tower 42, City of London, Solo show
2011, Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London
2011, Bloomsbury Art Show (represented by Arthur Ackerman Gallery), London
2011, Untitled Artists Fair, London
2010, Arthur Ackermann Gallery, London
2010, Art London, Represented by Arthur Ackermann Gallery, London
2010, Go Figurative Show, Real Broadgate, Broadgate Circle, London
2010, Go Figurative Show, Real Hampstead, St. Stephen’s, London
2010, Untitled Art Fair, London
2010, Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice
2009, Lloyd Gill Gallery Christmas Exhibition
2009, Bentlif Gallery, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery

Originally from Ireland, Karen Hilliard, a commissioned public artist received a BA Hons from Cardiff Met in Ceramics. On moving to Gloucestershire, she has continued to work in sculpture using clay, mostly from a local brickyard, to create her architectural sculpture.

Find out more about Karen at her website, www.karenhilliard.co.uk.

Karen is exhibiting one piece at the Cotswold Sculpture Park this year: Perennial.

‘Perennial’ is a triptych referencing the connection between ourselves and our natural environment. We as human beings experience periods of development throughout our lives. Karen says:

“I find these references in perennial plants, although maintaining their core structure they develop and mature over time subtly but significantly. The use of Ceramic block from Ibstock Brick connects the idea of shared cellular structure and the dependence we have with the physical earth we stand on.”

Height: 2.2 metres
Width: 2 metres x 2 metres
Material: ceramic, Ibstock block and glaze (high-fired and weatherproof).

Georgie Phipps is a ceramic artist based in Cornwall. She has a background in Sculpture, having studied at the University of Gloucestershire and Book Arts which she pursued at Camberwell College of Arts. She has been involved in a variety of site-specific exhibitions and experiential installations in Gloucestershire, Cornwall and beyond.

Recently, Georgie has made a variety of manhole covers with her own designs. She has a continuing fascination for industrial features within our environment; the statuesque and elegant viaducts are seen throughout Cornwall where she lives. She is interested in mankind’s complex relationship with nature, for her the viaduct is an explicit marker of connections between places, which conveys the energy with which man strides through the landscape whilst slowly destroying it.

She has captured the shadows cast by the standing viaducts from a moment in time, whilst the actual shadows cast move around the stack throughout the day.

More information about Georgie and her sculpture can be found at the Newlyn Society of Artists page  and on Instagram at georgie.phipps.9.

Tony Smither has been sculpting animal and bird forms for almost forty years.

Amongst his popular creations have been stylised fat birds, textured hens, Indian Runner ducks, lawn sheep and geese. This year he has been working on a range of foxes. All the pieces are handmade in frost-proof stoneware or bronze resin so they are equally happy inside or outdoors.

He exhibits widely across the country and is collected enthusiastically by those who appreciate the quiet humour of his work.

You can find out more about Tony at the West Country Potters Association.