Musicians
1) THE INNER VOICE
This piece, pictured here in polymer clay is available as a limited edition cast bronze, signed, numbered, foundry stamped and dated.
Size aprox: 7" high x 5" wide
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"I love the tranquil simplicity of this. The musician is in repose, and there is sadness in her. She is cradling her fiddle very gently — as if it were a living creature. Perhaps she’s warming it before playing and it returns her warmth." Annie Dylan Hibbing Minnesota USA
2) MARTIN SCULPTURE
Martin Kraut, a dear friend and a fine fiddle player and luthier, I had heard on the grapevine, was secretly making me a violin. He'd made a few violins for his friends in the past and I felt very honoured. But I also felt a bit embarrassed at the thought of being presented with so huge a gift and so I decided to make him a sculpture in return, to make it of him, but to keep it a secret 'till it was done.
As I needed photographs of him from every angle to make it accurate, I asked my fiddle students who came to our gigs, to photograph Martin whilst pretending to photograph me. These photos they'd then send to me and all thanks to them, they made this sculpture possible.
It took me over a year to complete and as one of his friends commented: "That's not just Martin's face, that's Martin's fiddle playing face." I was delighted.
Tragically, Martin died very suddenly just before I'd completed his sculpture so he never saw it or knew anything about it and I never saw the fiddle he was making me. I had his sculpture cast in bronze for his family and I want to send it out to the world now, to honour our friend and because it's a fine study if I say so myself, of good man lost in the music he loved. RIP
Martin Kraut sculpture, limited edition, cast bronze, signed, numbered, dated, and foundry stamped.
Size approx: 8" high x 6" wide
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“I love this. There is something reassuringly grounded in the seated figure, and his profile conveys gentle thoughtfulness. Amazing skill in the way Gill's captured the tension in his legs, and the slight tilt leftwards. He looks relaxed but intently focused. Xx Jenny Trelissick Windemere Lake District England
“Your affection for your friend Martin comes through strongly in the care you’ve given to every detail. It’s not just a beautiful sculpture but a lasting homage to a fellow-musician.” Julian Maxwell Hawes North Yorkshire, UK
3) FEELING THE MUSIC.
Three stylized cast bronze traditional Irish musicians, available singly or as a group as a limited edition, foundry stamped, signed and dated.
Size approx: 4" high
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