This is Harriet Hare, my latest sculpture. I’ve been thinking about sculpting a Hare for quite a while now, and once I started she was immediately named ‘Harriet’! She is just about the life size of a juvenile female brown hare and I’m sculpting her in modelling wax which, when finished, will be moulded and… Continue reading Harriet Hare Sculpture…an update on my latest piece
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This week is #RedSquirrelWeek!
This week is Red Squirrel Week and so I thought I’d show you some of my Red Squirrel sculptures which help raise funds for red squirrels in the UK, especially here in Cumbria! Let’s start with ‘Hope’. She is a wall mounted sculpture in deep relief, and I’ve sculpted her peeping out from a hole… Continue reading This week is #RedSquirrelWeek!
A new Hare sculpture…
Recently, I’ve busy making up orders and producing work for various galleries, but this week I’ve finally started on a new Hare sculpture! As a ‘one-man-band’, I can go for months spending time on ‘reproducing’ my work to sell and so when I can find a window of time to actually ‘sculpt’ something new, like… Continue reading A new Hare sculpture…
I’ve been asked to sculpt & produce a lot of ‘AWARDS’ recently…
I usually sculpt animals and then produce them as limited or open editions, but recently I’ve been asked to design a few different ‘ awards’… As a sculptor it’s always exciting to be asked to make something new, and I enjoy the process which starts with an idea, and then opens out to become a challenge… Continue reading I’ve been asked to sculpt & produce a lot of ‘AWARDS’ recently…
My work for Border Fine Arts & other figurine manufacturing companies…
In 1995 I was approached by Border Fine Arts; a renowned figurine manufacturing company sited in Langholm on the Scottish border, to sculpt a few small animal pieces. That began a 15 year period of working for them and for County Artists, both as a freelance sculptor and as a paid employee. Over the years… Continue reading My work for Border Fine Arts & other figurine manufacturing companies…
New Sculpture and several commissions for 2017…
Well, after a very busy and exciting run up to Christmas I thought perhaps the New Year would be rather…quiet, but the first month of 2017 has proved to be just as hectic and I am working on some new Sculpture and several commissions, especially from America! I’ve just finished sculpting the wax original… Continue reading New Sculpture and several commissions for 2017…
A very busy time recently, and now a chance to develop projects for the New Year!
Recently I’ve had a very busy, creative and productive time with record orders and a wide variety of items ordered and produced! Now that Christmas is behind us I’m taking the chance to get organised and to develop the projects I have in mind for the New year! The lead up to Christmas was a… Continue reading A very busy time recently, and now a chance to develop projects for the New Year!
New ‘Love U ‘ Ridge Trees illustrations
Here is a selection of my new ‘Love U’ Ridge Trees illustrations. I’ve recently created a new series of illustrations using a combination of my photographs and some drawing. I then make water slide decals, or print onto matt photographic paper, and attach the images on to ceramic tile wall plaques, and I also produce… Continue reading New ‘Love U ‘ Ridge Trees illustrations
Article on my work in Farmland magazine
There is an article about my work in Farmland magazine! After recently tweeting a photograph of a Southdown sheep, which I sculpted a few years ago for Border Fine Arts, I was contacted by the editor of Farmland magazine asking whether I could write a few words on what I do…and this is the result! http://www.farmlandpress.com/kirsty-armstrong
The last ‘Charles’ Red Squirrel sculpture, No.100/100 is being auctioned!
My last remaining ‘Charles’ red squirrel sculpture, No.100/100, is to be auctioned to help Cumbrian Flood victims As you may already know, I presented the first ‘Charles’ red squirrel sculpture to HRH Prince Charles at Hutton-in-the-forest in February 2011. The 100 piece limited edition completely sold out eighteen months ago, except for No.100/100…which I had kept . Photograph courtesy… Continue reading The last ‘Charles’ Red Squirrel sculpture, No.100/100 is being auctioned!
