Tag Archives: bronze sculpture
MAN ON FIRE by Tim Shaw
Alone he stands, for the world to see. One man’s intense sculptural statement on the horror of war. A moment of another man’s suffering forever captured now in bronze and permanently displayed outside the Imperial War Museum in Manchester. A story of the courage and bravery. Hero and victim. In Tim’s words… ‘Although Man on Fire is […]
JOURNEY
18th March 2019 2.00am I stand in the dark and deserted dockyard. The night is still but fresh. My hi-vis jacket helps protect me from the cold and drizzle. On the quayside a giant pontoon barge lies ready, it’s cargo lashed to the rusted and battered steel deck. A bronze towering seven metres tall. Ten […]
INGOTS INTO ART
This month the foundry celebrates twenty five years of casting. Who knows how many sculptures we’ve made in quarter of a century; no one’s counting but is has to be thousands. How many tons of bronze, melted and poured? Countless ingots fed into the furnace to be transformed into art. There is an intensity to […]
THERE ARE SUPERHEROES
There are heroes and then there are superheroes. Arriving in the USA to install the statue of former slave, turned abolitionist, turned statesman Frederick Douglass, I soon came to understand that Andrew Edwards statue had truly encapsulated such a man. http://www.cornoviiedwards.com It is rare for a British artist to receive a commission for a civic […]
FAR FROM HOME
All projects, however monumental, come and go; sometimes there’s hardly time to catch your breath. No sooner are things underway than the deadline looms and the race is on; dominating my waking hours. Sometimes the odd sleepless night. Intense but short lived. A sprint. With work completed and work installed it’s over. Closure; and with closure comes […]
A FORGOTTEN HISTORY
Ever time I spot the sign for Droitwich, on countless journeys up and down the M5, the same thought comes to mind. The sculpture we made all those years ago that stands in the centre of the town. Today, on the spur of the moment, I follow the sign and make the mere five miles […]
SEARCHING FOR ACORNS IN WOOD GREEN
We took the Piccadilly line, north to Wood Green and emerged from the underground into the unknown. Disoriented and trying to get my bearings, I spot our work next to the news stand. As often happens, I immediately feel connected to this unfamiliar place. They are bollards, but with a difference. Commissioned by Haringey Council […]
FREE WAX…THE STORY SO FAR
Long ago, in the mists of time, visitors to the foundry, if not rare, were few and far between. Any new visitors who did venture in usually left with a lump of wax in their hand. “Have a go” I would say ” Make something you like and I’ll cast it for you”. That’s how […]
Castle Fine Arts Foundry 