Project blogs One creative year: studio, birth and motherhood by Briony Marshall

Briony Marshall has created a dynamic maquette 'The Drag Flick' based on Hockey, for our bronze collection.
In December 2010, when 5 months pregnant, Briony was offered and accepted a one year residency at Pangolin London in Kings Cross starting almost immediately. Her fascinating blog charts her attempt to ‘have it all’: a year of focused studio time and a happy growing family life.

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Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP presents prize to Art at the Edge lottery winner

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport yesterday presented the winner of the first Art at the Edge Lottery with her prize. Tickey Tuppen was the lucky recipient and had chosen  the beautiful Paralympic sprint themed sculpture by Charlotte Barker from the commissioned collection of bronzes. It was inspired by the Paralympic world champion athlete Libby Clegg.

The presentation took place at Trafalgar Sq in sight of the Paralympic countdown clock, which declared it was 350 days to go to the opening on the London Paralympic games in 2012.

Art at the Edge are running a second lottery which will be drawn on the last day of the Paralympic Games, 9th September 2012.
Tickets can be bought online at  https://www.artattheedge.org/news/art-at-the-edge-lottery-2/
The winners prize is their choice of a bronze maquette sculpture from the stunning commissioned  collection of 30 original artworks based on Olympic and Paralympic sports which can all be viewed on the website.

Paralympic sculpture competition winner announced

The winner of the Paralympic sculpture competition was announced today at the Paralympic simulation camp 2011 at the University of Bath . Pete Sherrard was presented with the commission prize of £1000 by Tim Hollingsworth CEO of ParalympicsGB

The judges were impressed by the many creative and diverse entries but Pete's wonderful depiction of wheelchair racing was felt by the judges to really celebrate the dynamic power of Paralympic athletes. 
The sculpture will now be cast in bronze and complete the collection of 30 commissioned sculptures which will be exhibited in Bath, Oxford and London during 2012 to raise money to support disabled and disadvantaged young people though the work of ParalympicsGB and the Youth Sport Trust.

First lottery draw winner

Congratulations to Ticky Tuppen the first winner of the Art at the Edge.Ticky has chosen the Paralympic Sprinting study by Charlotte Barker as her prize, she said of the sculpture; "In order for any of us to achieve our dreams we need the support of others and this sculpture for me displays the focus, energy and emotion that is involved and I find it inspirational."

Charlotte who has just graduated from Loughborough University with a first in Fine Art, and takes up a place on the MA course at the prestigious Goldsmiths College in the autumn said she was 'thrilled' that her sculpture was chosen by Ticky and it was 'a huge compliment'.

                                          Charlotte Barker ( left) worked in collaboration 

                                          with Libby Clegg, ( right) the visually impaired 

                                          sprinter who inspired the piece.

We will be running one more lottery to give the fantastic chance to win the bronze study of your choice from the commissioned collection. This will be launched very soon, keep checking the website for details.

Art at the Edge sculptures at Heathrow Terminal 5

A selection of our bronze commissioned collection have gone on display at Heathrow's Terminal 5 along with the wire mesh sculpture of guest artist Nikki Taylor.
The artworks will be on display until September to promote our project and encourage visitors to travel to Bath next year and enjoy our public art event 'Sculpture and Sport a celebration for 2012'.

Our collection of 30 Olympic and Paralympic themed bronze studies will be exhibited in the Victoria Art Gallery and Nikki's sculptures of Jason Gardener and Tom Daley will be amongst an exciting outdoor sculpture trail of large scale work displayed against the stunning architectural backdrop of our heritage city.

Live carving of Mark Foster's Torso

Guest artist, Ben Dearnley will once again be opening the workshop doors to the public, giving people the opportunity to watch as he carves the the 2.69 tonne block of Bath stone into Mark Foster's torso. This is an exciting time to witness Ben at work, he has been making great progress on the carving and the torso is taking shape.

The workshop will be from noon to 5pm every day this week (13th - 17th June) at the Old Petrol Station workshop, Crescent Lane (opp. Marlborough Tavern).

Preview Exhibition at the Bristol Gallery - Private View

Art lovers turned out in Bristol to get an early preview of the inspirational commissioned collection of bronze sculptures, 'Sculpture and Sport a celebration for 2012'. 
Ten of the sculptural studies were on view and curator of the collection Alan Dun explained a little of the history of the cultural side of the modern Olympics, the inspiration behind the collection. The exhibition continues until 26th June.
Lottery tickets are available to purchase at the Gallery, to win your choice of one of the bronze collection.