plaster
bust
collection
About the Collection The collection is a contemporary response to the traditionally sculpted figurative statues and busts of the 18th and 19th centuries, but rather than sculpting in clay or stone, the busts are made by direct casting from real things. To construct the original sculpture from which the plaster casts are taken, I first ‘collage’ together all kinds of materials and found objects – fabrics, haberdashery, model buildings and vehicles, plastic packaging, corrugated card, paper, electrical and plumbing parts and much else. The plaster casts made from these originals pick up an amazing amount of texture and detail giving the sculptures a strange air of realism. The
idea of placing architectural monuments, iconic landmarks and random
objects on the headdresses was inspired by the intriguing 18th century
fad of decorating hats with very large scale, incongruous objects
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Secret Society - a Sculptural Banquet: Pitzhanger Manor, London
Secret Society - a Ballroom Banquet: Holburne Museum, Bath, UK
the collection
The large busts are in limited editions of 20 each (square plinths)
Baby Driver ht: 60cms / 24"
Gun Slinger ht: 57cms / 23"
Paperback Writer ht: 61cms / 24"
Inspired by the Gunpowder Tower, Prague
Secret Society at the Cafe Royal, Regents Street, London
Hospital Club, Private Members Club, London
Dublin Castle Exhibition
Kimpton Monaco, Pittsburgh with Beleco Design, LA
House of St Barnabus, Private Members Club, London
Hotel de Rome, Berlin Historic building conversion, UK
Courvoisier Advertising
Archaeologist height: 37cms
Bergdorf Goodman, New York
Critic height: 37cms / 14.5"
Explorer ht: cms 40cms / 16"
Highliner height: 44cms
Kipps Bay Decorators Show House, New York
with David Collins Studio
Librarian height: 39cms
Lady Manhattan height 40cms
Apollo International Art Magazine event
Turkish Girl height 46cms limited edition of 10
Film: High Roller & Friends
Above and below: Busts featured in Tricia Guild's book 'Colour' photo James Merrell
Darcy Hotel, Washington DC
Busts at fashion store Tally Weijl Vienna commissioned by Michael Howells
Galileo height 35cms / 14"
Miss London Town height 32cms / 11"
Created
especially to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics:-
Miss
Get-set-go height
34cms / 13"
Aviatrix height
29cms / 11.5"
Apollo International Art Magazine event
Louis Vuitton launch event, designed by Fiona Leahy
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Secret Society Banquet Exhibitions
featuring the Plaster Bust Collection
Pitzhanger Manor, London Holburne Museum, Bath
St Edmund Church, City of London Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
45 46 47 48 49 50 51
52 53 54 55 56 57
reference:
1 Highwayman's Girl
2 Miss Grape
3 Rodin Girl
4 Madame Sacre Coeur
5 Miss Tassel Hat
6 Madame Fruits
7 La Cavaliere
8 Tower Bridge Dragoon
9 Mamselle Chateau
10 Ms Shakespeare
11 Demoiselle D
12 Aviatrix
13 Gold Digger
14 Maestro
15 Mme Maigret
16 Gallileo
17 Josephine
18 Miss London Town
19 Miss Get-set-go
20 Bricklayer
21 Lafayette
22 Etoile
23 Zoro
24 Lone Ranger
25 Architect
(edition of 20)
26 Berliner
27 High Roller
28 Infanta
29 Astronaut (edition of 20)
30 Bookworm (edition of 20)
31 Tank Girl (edition of 20)
32 Tomcat (edition of
20)
33 Statsminister (edition
of 20)
34 Speed Freak (edition of 20)
35 Art Lover
36 L'ingenieure
37 Lady Manhattan
38 Librarian
39 Tukish Girls (editions of 10)
40 Highliner
41 Sightseer (edition of
20)
42 Tourist (edition of
20)
43 Novelist (edition of
20)
44 Archaeologist
45 Cosmopolitan
(edition of
20)
46 Explorer (edition of
20)
47 Space Cadet
48 Bodacea (edition of
20)
49 Blade Runner
50 Paperback Writer
(edition of
20)
51 Gun Slinger (edition of
20)
52 Secret Agent (edition of
20)
53 Marquise (edition of 20)
54 Critic
55 Pharmacist
56 Baby Driver
57 Anzac (edition of
20)
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