The Industry of Sculpture: Understanding Process and Practice

Artist Georgina Sleap weaving with her back to the camera - Industry of Sculpture
Georgina Sleap weaving, Egypt at the Fayoum Art Center; courtesy of the artist

A collection of interview snapshots examining some of the processes and practices that make up the ‘industry of sculpture’. These aim to disseminate the first-hand knowledge of our interviewees and reveal and contextualise what they do. Their stories reinforce the fact that experts aren’t born, they’re made. Most people work hard at acquiring their knowledge and skills, enabling them to carve out their unique position and roll with the punches.

The complexity of the industry of sculpture as it hums, whirling along, with its multiple economies and ecologies, isn’t easy to understand or operate within. From artists to curators, fabricators, technicians and assistants; from engineers and architects to town planners; from stone masons to tree surgeons to haulage teams and art transporters; studio providers, crate makers, conservationists and archivists: this web of interdependencies is pulled in many directions. It services economic regeneration and social cohesion, art for art’s sake and art for investment. It’s these networks of experts, interns and others, with their breadth of skills, experience and labour, that make the wheels of the sculpture industry go ‘round.

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Part 2 of an interview with British artist Georgina Sleap who makes sculptures, structures and drawings, following her relocation to Egypt.

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Utilising modern technological advancements in digital sculpting, 3D printing and 5-axis milling to recreate sculptures by esteemed Futurist Boccioni.

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Part 1 of an interview with British artist Georgina Sleap, who makes sculptures, structures and drawings.

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Interview with Sven Mündner, independent Consultant (Culture and the Creative Economy) and Co-founder of Bold Tendencies.

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Interview with Thomas Winstanley, Director of London Bronze Foundry.

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Interview with Artist, Senior Research and Development Officer at Acme Studios Dr Arantxa Echarte.

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Interview with a leading art fabricator about their work.

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Interview with Lucy and Johnny from Studio MakeCreate.

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