My latest commission was a lovely dog and much loved by a large family. She had died of old age some time ago, so I only had photos and videos to go on. Cydney was a very distinctive German Pointer and had a fine, aristocratic head which spoke nobility from every photo I was given. […]
?Hi Robert, I discovered your sculpture of Anne Boleyn earlier this week and I have come back everyday since to look at it. I think it is one of the most beautiful works of art I have seen. I am a poor student so don’t think I have any commercial interest here. I just wanted […]
This photo is an interesting one. Patina (colour of Bronze) is like so much that goes on in the foundry immensely skilful. Bearing in mind that bronze will, if looked after last for, well, more or less for ever. Source: Dorset Sculpture
Storm Bert bites back We Bert’s don’t do things by half. Take the Albert Memorial for example! Returning back on Sunday evening from the spaniel delivery I met a wall of water from Oxfordshire all the way down to the West Country. Many times I passed abandoned vehicles in the middle of the flooded roads. […]
Having arrived at the decision to cast a new version in Jesmonite rather than the other options; (a completely new work, a repaired copy in bronze, repair the existing with a composite or do block marble repairs etc.), I decided that key features need to be recorded before it was dismantled, so I used putty rubber […]
The joke is on me to be honest. I spent my school holidays in France when I was an 11 and 12 year old. My Father was stationed in Versailles during the Berlin airlift crisis and we lived in Maison Lafitte. This was an opportunity for family and friends to visit us, so I was […]
Breaking news for the Wakes, Gilbert White and the Oates museum in Selborne. Lottie has been installed in the herb garden in memory of Natalie Mees. Lottie was my first figure commission in the 1990s. The full story is on my website. Full details of her installation and story will be posted here soon. We […]
I am sorry to discover that the PDF I had for Prince T is no longer available. However I have been reminded of him lately. Source: Dorset Sculpture
Exeter Cathedral was a joy to visit. I have not been there since 1963. This is a sad story with a good poem attached. Source: Dorset Sculpture
I remember very clearly being told that the inspiration for This mirror was in the Guards Club in London. Guards Club In 1972, or slightly before, I was taken to lunch at the Cavalry and Guards Club, 127 Piccadilly. This was to encourage me to join. As a young Officer Cadet at Sandhurst I was […]
