Artist Jim Poolman spent 12 years and used 50,000 horseshoes to create a record breaking Horseshoe Dragon sculpture. Horseshoe artist Jim Poolman contacted Eddie Powell, owner and curator of The Sculpture Park in Churt, just outside Farnham, Surrey, 12 years ago. He was disappointed that he couldn’t sell his work there. “What would you exhibit?” he
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Piers Mason Sculpted with the precision one would expect from a former jeweller these Turtle sculptures represents over 7 months work by the UK s foremost metal sculptor. Manufactured in marine grade (316) stainless steel these are ‘one-of-a-kind’ works of art. Piers has achieved an idyllic representation of these endangered species and shows a true
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‘Icarus II’ is a large bronze sculpture depicting the well-known character of Greek Mythology; the infamous story of the boy Icarus whose father fashioned himself and his son a pair of wings from feathers and wax for him to escape from Crete. With his father’s warnings not to fly too close to the water as
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This extremely well executed bronze by Martyn Barratt is a simple subject matter that has been conceptually mastered to form a beautiful piece that explores the idea of contrast between weight and subject. The composition and refined linear detailing all adds to the suggested subject of a feather. Whilst at first glance the piece
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2462″ img_link_large=”yes” img_filter=”none” img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]‘Lonesome George’ is a true to scale bronze sculpture of the infamous lonely giant tortoise whose discovered isolation promoted the start of animal conservation in the Galapagos Islands. This is a stunning, high detailed piece that remains as a beautiful echo of the lost creature. The use of line and mark
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‘Generation’ is a large sculpture that sees a uniform group of figures lying regimentally in a circle. The figures are absent of identity, individuality and features. Only the hands and feet are sculpted to give a sense of humanity whilst the lack of any high detail gives the figures no hint of uniqueness. The faceless
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An accomplished piece by Belgium born artist Ann Vrielinck; ‘Chat’ is a beautifully crafted bronze that depicts several figures intertwined in a spherical mass that sees each figure linked and moulded to one another to form a narrative about networking and conversation. The piece is deliberately vague in its approach to the figure, using
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One of the most popular pieces in the park at the moment; ‘Ferryman’ is a bronze sculpture of high quality and detail by British artist David Goode. Goode’s works derive from his childhood fascination with folklore and myths. The fantasy based works which now form a vast collection referred to as ‘the goblin series’ consists of
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‘Dinning Out’ is a unique reclaimed metal sculpture that is mostly comprised of spoons and forks as well as found metal, as expressed in the witty title; it is a powerful sculpture that plays with materials to explore mark and light. Williams’ works are most commonly animal and nature based subjects that allow him to
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