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Figure Heads

This sculpture was inspired by a painting by Picasso called Maternity but changed a great deal as it was being made. The only remaining likeness to the painting is the shawl.

'Water-Nymph'

This sculpture was inspired by

a water-nymph in a painting

called 'Hylas and the Nymphs'

by one of my favourite artists

John W. Waterhouse.

The base is covered by a pool of

melted blue glass on

which float waterlillies.

This sculpture was originally intended as a protest against the Tianamen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989. I had intended to decorate the hair with barbed-wire, tanks and guns but I ended up replacing them with flowers.

This sculpture was based on an 'Art Nouveau' bust of Sappho by S. Obiolo

'Lace'

This was inspired by a photo of Bianca Jagger wearing a Marie Antoinette shepherdess dress by Emanuel.(1975)

I used real handmade lace (made by my nan many years ago) to get the lace pattern on the clay.