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Although Mick Simpson studied fine art at Staffordshire Polytechnic it was the traditions of his home town of Stoke-on-Trent which inspired his love for sculpture.
The famous towns forming the region have created some of the world’s finest works, and respect for the craft of the sculptor and designer is well deserved.
There are few modellers who can produce accurate and detailed studies covering such diverse subjects as dogs, cats, African wildlife and the female form.
Mick is one of the few who cane achieve this goal - working from reference books, his own drawings, photography and observation.
Like so many professional artists and sculptors, his studio has walls covered in this reference.
Mick is unusual in another way in that he is one of the few sculptors preferring to model in clay.
Mostly wax is used for it’s versatility, but Mick loves the freedom clay offers, and is quite content to work around its limitations. |
