International Women’s Day 2019 International Women’s Day is celebrated this year on 8th March. To recognise this important day we would like to share a selection of amazing sculptures by some of the female artists that exhibit at The Sculpture Park. We are immensely proud to represent such incredibly talented sculptors and hope you enjoy their works […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Art of Zimbabwe: Shona Sculpture Shona sculpture is the name given to a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in Zimbabwe. It gets its name from the ‘Shona’ tribe of people (actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture) who are the largest in Zimbabwe. The country itself
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Stone Sculpture The use of Stone as a Sculptural Medium Stone carving is the oldest surviving form of artistic expression. Many aspects of mankind’s cultural heritage now exist only through the lens of ancient stonework. This is thanks to the versatility and longevity of stone. Monolithic statues, ancient writing and carved prehistoric figures are early
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This Christmas, why not give the ‘Gift of Art‘? The ‘Norm’… The Exhausting Hunt for the Novelty gift Every year the festive season hurtles towards us at an increasingly alarming rate. As summer fades into the distance, September sees seasonal adornments seep into shop windows. By November, Oxford Street is irrevocably illuminated…. Anticipation is afoot, tension fills the
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Here at The Sculpture Park, we have over 1000 Sculptures for sale. Visitors often ask who buys our sculptures or where a particular sculpture was sold to. In this blog we would like to share some of the new homes our sculptures have found this year: Strongman We received an email request from a gentleman
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The Zimbabwe Shona Exhibition: ‘Spirit in Stone’ Proceeds from ‘Spirit in Stone’ support the Maori School project Affordable and investment artwork available Live Sculpting on-site Hundreds of beautiful traditional and contemporary works to see! Launches Saturday 18th August! The Sculpture Park, Surrey is proud to present: “Spirit in Stone”, an exhibition featuring over 200 unique
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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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Would you like to work at the most atmospheric sculpture park in Britain? The Sculpture Park are recruiting for office based personnel. Join the expanding team in a bid to claim world domination (or at least the most effective one-stop shop for viewing and purchasing sculpture). The role(s) is varied with tasks ranging from reception
The Sculpture Park is home to an eclectic mix of art by some of the most popular sculptors from the UK and beyond. With hundreds of sculptures to see, sometimes a whole day isn’t enough to take in this outdoor gallery’s vast collection. The list below of our most popular sculptors highlights some of the artists to
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The Sculpture Park is a sculpture-packed oasis nestled within 10 acres of lakes and woodland in the Surrey Hills. The Sculpture Park is home to a wide variety of local wildlife, and of course a multitude of Modern, 20th Century and Contemporary sculptures. A popular tourist destination, the unique combination of atmosphere and art appeals
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What is Bronze? Bronze has been in use since around 3500BC, originally used primarily for weapons and Armour as at the time it was a lighter alternative to leather & wood. Eventually, artists in the Chinese and West Asia began to use bronze in art as it was a lighter alternative to stone and could
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The Place to Buy Sculpture Visitors often ask us: ‘Do you sell many sculptures?’ ‘Who are the people that buy sculpture?’ ‘Where do the sculptures go?’ Well, we do sell many sculptures, which is why our trail around the park is always changing with pieces being sold and new work coming in. In this post we
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