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Contemporary figurative sculpture in bronze by David G Smith, sculptor of interior design, landscape corporate and private commissions. A method of fabrication is used to sculpt bronze figures of any size, it involves the beating of bronze or copper sheet to form original bronze sculptures, a sample can be seen to the left, the web site consists of several sections, one is devoted to my C.V. which is fairly straight forward, another lists galleries that have exhibited my works,a further sections give details of commissions that I have had the pleasure in being asked to create, and finally a piece on the method I use to create the sculptures, showing alongside each section are a few of the sculptures that have been created. |
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Born
in 1945, David spent most of his early childhood abroad in India,
Egypt, Germany, and back to school in Britain, where he showed
his interest in sculpture, with some carvings out of soap, followed
by various wood carvings. It was as a mature student in his twenties that he started some formal art training, at classes held by Leonard Boden R.P. for life and portrait painting. Followed by sculpture classes at an Adult Education College in London, learning many techniques that have helped him throughout 45 years as a sculptor He received his first serious commission from the Colin Draycott Group Ltd, to create a sculpture of their logo called 'TEAMWORK', for their Leicester head-office foyer,and many more listed below. |
 36ins high. |
| In 1986 David moved to his Studio in the Cotswolds, where he was commissioned to sculpt two near life-sized dancers at rest, 'MELISSA' & 'CHRISTINE' sited within the grounds of a private estate, at Nether Lypiatt. This commission gave David the impetus to change direction, to more personal art forms, involving David's decision to try and create sculptures directly in bronze using bronze sheet, with this method he fashioned a series of masked dancing figures called, 'MASQUERADE'. Which he has had cast in limited editions by Pangolin Editions, a local bronze foundry. Other sculptures were created using his fabrication method, some were used as masters to produce more limited editions. |
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In 1994 David's first commission
for the ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, was to produce six sculptures
for their cruise liner 'LEGEND OF THE SEAS', the first of several
commissions for R.C.C.L. They have all been sculpted using David's
bronze fabrication technique, including the figure shown in the
picture with David, to your right. 'JASPER QUANDRI' is one of a pair of harlequin figures outside the theatre of the cruise liner 'VISION OF THE SEAS'. His most recent commission was for SINGAPORE AIRLINES, a beaten & polished copper sculpture, of a Lilly, part of the water feature in their luxury lounge at CHANGI AIRPORT. David has recently been involved in creating in various kinds of wood, decorative carvings for the furniture, and interior design trades. |
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