Each of the edition will be different with a second one underway incorporating a shark rather than the twisting sea grass; others have as yet to be decided.
Casting is carried out at the Talos Art Foundry in Hampshire.
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If you are interested in purchasing this piece, or have questions about this sculpture or any others then please email our sales consultant: tadd@cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk or call Tadd Hartland on 07545 648918
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Chasing the Curve – Ancaster Weatherbed on Portland stone plinth.
Unique, hand carved sculpture
“Chasing the Curve” is one of Martin’s most evocative pieces – both in form and in the story it carries. While it’s often described as an elegant figurative sculpture with fluid, feminine lines the deeper narrative lies in its title and the process behind it.
The phrase “Chasing the Curve” describes the sculptors ongoing pursuit of the perfect line—creating an elusive arc formed by the garment so that it feels just right in the hand and to the eye. It’s about the sculptor’s instinct: that moment when a curve isn’t just a shape, but a feeling. This piece captures that pursuit—both the physical act of sculpting and the emotional drive to find balance, grace, and flow in form.
Martin has sculpted multiple versions in stone and bronze with heights varying between 12 cm and 1.8 metres with each iteration refining the gesture, the tension, the release. This repetition is almost meditative for the sculptor and is part of the story. It’s not just about the final shape and depth of the garments curve and its relationship to the figures, but the journey to get there. In that sense, “Chasing the Curve” becomes a metaphor for the creative process itself: always reaching, never quite settling, always sculpting toward something just out of reach.
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Giant Bulrush & Reeds Sculpture Forged Steel & Galvanized Height 350cm x 180/120cms dia approx.
Ian Gill: I have drawn my inspiration from Alice In Wonderland. Just imagine what it must feel like to be a small creature on the edge of a pond with these giant monolithic bulrush & reeds towering into the sky!
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Cold cast bronze resin (also available in bronze) Limited Edition of 8 Height 110cm x width 56cm x depth 22cm
Icarus wanted to explore the freedom and joy of flight so fully that he ignored his father’s warnings. He flew too high and too close to the sun that the wax on his wings melted, the feathers burned and he came crashing down; but not before he managed to experience the freedom and exhilaration of the flight.
Icarus Ascending II can be seen as the spiritual aspect of Icarus, after the death of the mortal body now able to be completely free to ascend into the spiritual realms.
Never regret thy fall O Icarus of the fearless flight, For the greatest tragedy of them all Is to never to feel the burning light.
– Oscar Wilde
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