3. Gary Tiplady
Gary, a local celebrity and artist born and bred in Newcastle Upon
Tyne, started his working life as a top chef, he even cooked for the
Queen of England and a lot more widely recognised celebrities.
As well as chef work, he has adorned many a banquet with his lard
sculptures, to which people placed orders, only to be told they did
not have a long life span.
He has had commissions from Rolls Royce, Newcastle Race course
and Newcastle United Football club to name but few.
His has done lots of charity work, the main of which has been the
“Pudsey Bear” for the well know charity Children in Need.
It is from this, his humble beginnings that Gary has built up a local
up and coming reputation as a wire sculpture extraordinaire,
which is expanding at a rapid pace day after day.
It all began with lard art in which he had to make wire armatures
to support the many lard/butter sculptures he has created in his
short but creative life thus far.
It has turned his normal day to day as a lookalike for James Bond
baddy Jaws to become more widely know as a very gifted worker
of wire.
With his astonishing large hands he has bent and shaped a normal
sheet of wire into life like animals a few of which can be found on
this web site.
He has from July 2008 to July 2009 held 3 very successful
exhibitions all over the UK.
5. Ivan Lovatt
Ivan Lovatt is a professional sculptor who has been
creating sculpture for private collections, corporations and
public exhibition for the past 8 years. Ivan’s work is
characterized by his ingenuity and innovation, which
motivates him to find new and interesting ways to capture
his love of nature and his fascination with humanity.
Ivan initially worked with driftwood and reclaimed timber,
which he fashioned into exquisite representations of birds
and wildlife. Ivan received a great deal of publicity and
public acclaim for this work and won the Swell Festival
People’s Choice in 2004 with his representation of a
flightless bird “Running Bird Walking”.
Ivan’s versatility and adaptability are clearly demonstrated
by his return to using chicken wire, a medium that lends
itself to the sensitivity and delicacy of his expression. By
layering, twisting and shaping this very ordinary medium
Ivan creates both abstract and realistic representations,
which are tactile, appealing to the viewer to touch. As
Ivan’s skills developed and evolved he was drawn to
figurative work, and Ivan began a series of portraits of
famous people which candidly demonstrates his superior
level of craftsmanship and attention to detail. Ivan’s wire
work has received many awards and a great deal of media
coverage
7. Derek Kinzett
Contemporary Artist & Wire Sculptor Derek
Kinzett was born in 1966, and spent his
childhood living in Dodington Park,
Gloucestershire, a breath taking estate
designed and laid out by Capability Brown in
1764.
Derek moved with his family to Wiltshire in
1977, and completed his studies in Art &
Design at Wiltshire College in 1984.
In 2007 he launched 'The Inner Spirit
Collection' of hand crafted life size wire
sculptures, which has continued to grow in
size and content.
Described as beyond beautiful, stunning &
spiritual, Derek's work has gained recognition
and respect for its intricacy and detail, and
can be found within private collections
throughout the UK, America, Russia, and
france.
9. Emma Stothard
Emma was born in Kingston-upon Hull, Yorkshire, in the
early 70s, and from her early childhood had always shown
a keen interest in art, as well as the surrounding
countryside, where she would spend time drawing the
North Sea...
Emma was born in Kingston-upon Hull, Yorkshire, in the
early 70s, and from her early childhood had always shown
a keen interest in art, as well as the surrounding
countryside, where she would spend time drawing the
North Sea, Spurn Point and agricultural landscape near the
village where she grew up in Holderness, East Yorkshire.
Emma went to Southampton in 1991 to do a BA Hons in
Fine Art, and from there went on to pursue her passion for
willow sculpting, moving to Somerset – where The
Somerset Levels are famous for willow - to learn traditional
willow weaving and basket making, and the whole process
of growing it, coppicing it and bundling it.
Emma returned to Yorkshire inspired, and with a car boot
full of withies! She began making geese and other small
animals such as the British hare. A visit to The Harrogate
Flower Show gave her the opportunity to exhibit her
sculptures, which created a great deal of interest, and the
encouragement she needed to pursue her dream!
On return to Yorkshire Emma studied for her PGCE in
Secondary Education, Art & Design at Bretton Hall College,
Wakefield. She was surrounded by Henry Moore and
Elizabeth Frink's work which was a continual inspiration,
both for teaching and also the development of her willow
sculptures.
11. Glenn Doyle
Born in Sydney, Australia in 1951, Doyle
has worked for over 40 years as an
Engraver, Painter and Sculptor and
studied life drawing and painting at
various art schools including Julian
Ashton's, Sydney.
The idea for creating Australian fauna
from galvanised wire was developed over
many years and is inspired by rural
Australia, using the same materials and
tools used by outback farmers to build
fences.
His work now exists in many countries
around the world including Japan, The
United Kingdom, Europe and North and
South America.
13. Annie Kendall
Annie's Wire Works aims to have a big
impact on your environment with a little
impact on The Environment. Annie uses
reclaimed and waste wire instead of new
and works wherever possible outside in
daylight with just pliers and wire cutters.
Any waste wire produced goes to be
recycled.
Annie's wire sculptures range from
miniature to life size and are pleasingly
life like. The very sense of their
movement is captured by the delicate
balancing of some of them and unique
use of the wire allows the use of light as
well as the wire to emphasis the reality of
the moment.
15. Laura Antebi
Laura J Antebi has travelled the world for
artistic inspiration throughout her life;
journeying through Europe, Africa, the
Middle and Far East and the New World.
These experiences led to the development of
her career as a visual artist.
Using recycled metals and a variety of
metalwork processes, Laura creates unique
artworks and sculptural pieces that convey
the spiritual essence and spontaneity of the
natural world.
“Whether I work in three dimensions or two
dimensions my creative process is
preoccupied with finding an original and
authentic experience of what it means to be
'alive'.
