Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Will Spankie (b.1967)
Purbeck Birdbath on Oak Plinth
Purbeck freestone
15 x 40 x 40cm, plinth 50cm high

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Will studied sculpture at Sir John Cass and Central St Martins Art schools in London. Since then he has been working as a self-employed stone carver and letter cutter. He makes stone sculpture and lettering for public art commissions, as well as working with garden designers and clients on a more domestic scale for gardens and interiors. He also teaches stone carving in schools, adult education colleges and prisons.

He works predominantly in local Jurassic limestones which can withstand an English winter. His work is concerned with natural forms, patterns, symmetry and the unfolding of numbers in space. He tries to capture the ambiguity and ephemeral nature of life in the permanence of carved stone; he also enjoys working collaboratively with people to help them realise their own projects and ideas.