Pangolin were delighted to welcome sculptor Stephen Hitchin and representative Art Pylkkänen to our foundry to discuss an exciting new project, enlarging one of Stephen’s stone carvings and producing it in bronze. We have a variety of techniques for capturing sculpture digitally, but laser scanning was chosen for this project. Particularly effective for stone carvings, … Continue reading Stephen Hitchin – Spirit of the Seas
Bathers is a series of five large-scale, hand-painted bronze sculptures derived from virtual paintings. Starting as experiments in virtual reality, Eric Fischl produced a series of paintings inspired by his acclaimed beach scenes. The Google Tilt Brush application enabled Fischl to collage motifs together. Suspended in a three-dimensional space, Fischl’s brushstrokes were ‘tissues of colour’ … Continue reading Eric Fischl – Bathers
Pangolin are delighted to have been collaborating with Hew Lock and his studio to produce ‘Foreign Exchange’. Birmingham 2022 Festival and Ikon launch Foreign Exchange: a temporary public artwork by acclaimed artist Hew Locke which reimagines Birmingham’s Queen Victoria sculpture. This is Locke’s first temporary public sculpture, culminating from two decades of research and exploration … Continue reading Hew Locke: Foreign Exchange
The Gallery Of Living History team unveiled their interactive stage and plinth in Starley Gardens on the Coventry University campus. It is currently displaying ‘Peace, Equality, Unity and Acceptance’ tree of hands sculpture, the winning artwork by Sidney Striger Acadamy School for the Gallery of Living History schools’ competition 2021-2022 Schools Competition. The Gallery of … Continue reading Interactive stage and plinth – GOLH
Rachel has been commissioned to create a series of bronze Pilgrim Woman sculptures as part of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower sailing. Pilgrim Woman: Gainsborough stands by the waters edge of the River Trent in Gainsborough, measuring 50cm tall she sits upon a plinth of local stone which reads ‘Steering our future, Informed by … Continue reading Pilgrim Woman – Rachel Carter
Abeona, inspired by the architecture of travel, was commissioned by JCDecaux for its London HQ in 2022. The commission is informed by the history and heritage of Paddington station nearby, and aims to bring to life the complex infrastructure of rail travel and the pathways or ‘tracks’ that connect us in our work, communities and … Continue reading Abeona – Rona Smith
Many of the foundry team have partners or close family working in the NHS or care system. As the rainbow has become a symbol of the countries appreciation of their hard work through the Covid virus emergency, we thought this image of Damien’s Verity taken by Steve Russell was a beautiful connection with them. Verity … Continue reading Verity – Damien Hirst
Rwenzori Founders team have been working on three large bronzes for the growing sculpture park developing around the gallery. Peter Oloya’s lifesize gorilla, Isaac Okwir’s arrival of a flight of life size guinea fowls and the 3 metre long leopard by Jon Buck. As part of RSF’s efforts to restore the land, more than 20,000 … Continue reading Ruwenzori Sculpture Foundation
