My sculpture combines the simplicity and boldness of modern form with fine historic craft skills
SHORT INTRO: (Links to video & radio interviews below)
My work is rapidly evolving into very personal sculpture, from my roots in the historic stonecarving trade
LONG INTRO:
An early career in museums and restoration carving gave me contact with high quality artifacts and set the standard which I work towards:
I worked at: The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the British Museum, Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood and the Crafts Council, and then for some of the best craft workshops in the UK.
I am still inspired by historic artifacts, and have published an analysis of the Tudor carvings on the choir screen in King's College Chapel, Cambridge:
'A re-appraisal of the iconography of the choir screen at King's College Chapel, Cambridge'
Notes and Queries (2014) 61(2):204-206. Oxford University Press Journals.
My training: Restoration Stone Carving at The City & Guilds of London Art School.
My apprenticeships and employment:
- Dick Reid
- Richard Kindersley
- Rattee and Ketts
- The Carving Workshop.
With these teams I worked on projects including:
- Lord Rothschild's marble fireplaces, Spencer House, London
- St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
- York Minster
- Ely Cathedral
- The Tibetan Peace Garden, Imperial War Museum, London
- The Peace Garden, Sheffield
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
See Early Work photos.
This training instilled an attention to fine detail and gave me a rigorous grounding in:
Stone carving / Stone masonry / Lettercutting.
Since 2003 I have run my own business creating sculpture for individual clients, and teaching short Stone Carving Workshops in my studio.
ON-LINE MEDIA:
Short film: On creating a sculpture for a hospice - Figure of a Woman
YouTube: Watch me talk about my various sculptural projects at different stages of completion.
Watch me stonecarving on Time Team
Watch a 6-minute PetchaKucha presentation about my work
Read an interview with me in Cambridge Magazine
Listen to me on Talking Tudors podcast, and discuss my work in a Radio Interview
Please contact me to discuss any project you have in mind; lucy@lucychurchill.com
