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'Crawling' by Sophie Ryder at Berkeley Square : Monumental and Maquette available. All images courtesy of Sean Pollock.

Past exhibitions exhibition
27 February - 4 October 2020
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'Crawling' by Sophie Ryder at Berkeley Square , Monumental and Maquette available. All images courtesy of Sean Pollock.
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With thanks to Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Westminster Council

 

‘To me it encompasses so many emotions. The lady is strong and confident and she is moving along which makes one wonder “where is she going?” 
She is a bronze that I scaled up from the maquette by eye from very small, straight to very large, which is a very difficult process as normally its done in several more stages than that.

I worked on it for a long time, 16 hours a day back in 1999. The first attempt collapsed on top of me in one big crash! I was a bit bruised and battered but learnt then that my structures needed to be better thought out. I had wasted a couple of months of work but gained years of experience.  

Sculpture should adapt to its surroundings and be good from every angle. Crawling does all of that in my opinion and so she is a piece I am incredibly proud of.

People always ask me 'what is your favourite piece?' I reply 'the maquette of Crawling' as she led me here.’
Sophie Ryder

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