February 15 2023
Laurence Edwards In conversation with Dr Claudia Milburn CM: Who or what are your leading influence(s) as an artist and why? LE: It’s the story of bronze and it’s the story of the bronze age. It’s the story of all the cultures that have used bronze and the figure. It’s always struck me […]
Two become one. Yoxman arrives. Big summer, finally the two halves of the Colossus joined. The Yoxman is a step closer. Here’s a little visual journey! Four years of contstructung, planning ,fretting and stressing, comes to a head!! He towers! Good day for Edward, as he climbs […]
In 2018 Edwards was awarded a commission by Doncaster Council to create a sculpture that celebrates the lives of those who had worked in the pits around Doncaster. Before this commission, there was nothing in Doncaster to show that it was a mining community or had any mining history. Joan Hart who was one of […]
Homecoming has been commissioned for a new housing development that resides near the remains Norman campsite. The figure took inspiration from the scenes in the Bayeux tapestry and the Normans’ arrival in England. Edwards was fascinated by the influence the Normans’ had on Britain not only in terms of architecture but also language. Without the […]
The journey of The Carrier began when a ship spilt planks of wood off the coast of Suffolk. During the process of picking up the planks from the beach, Laurence Edwards began to reflect on this repetitive motion of picking up and carrying, which developed into a motif that is seen in many of his […]
Hi there.. welcome back.. the keen eyed, the mad and the enthusiastic amongst you, will have noticed my absence on the interweb. I Decided not to bore you with my ‘fantastic’ Lockdown exploits and concentrate on having them.. You won’t see them in this post either..no, instead you will be exposed to what was happening […]
SCULPTURE, sculpture, more sculpture…Australia, dead horses and the odd fox…. Back from the other side of the planet, a successful exhibition was had at 12 Mary’s Place Paddington Sydney, A historic gallery in Sydney recently re-opened by the ‘Defiance Gallery’ we virtually sold out with orders for editions..The show is now open in Melbourne at a brand new […]
Hello… I have a new show opening at ‘Messums’ London next tuesday the 16th, and rather excitingly we cant have a party, so we’re having a zoom chat instead. Johnny Messum and I will walk around the show and discuss it… Hope you can make it, if not I’m sure it will be available to […]
The Tribute to the Miners in Doncaster In 2018 Edwards was awarded a commission by Doncaster Council to create a sculpture that celebrates the lives of those who had worked in the pits around Doncaster. The sculpture consists of 40 portraits of former miners, whom Edwards sculpted in wax while they told their stories. These […]
Sculpture, Quarries and Soldiers – This month i’m taking you to a quarry in Yorkshire where we are carving niches for 40 miners portraits, for the public sculpture i’m making to celebrate Doncaster’s mining history. To be installed next February. Then you will see a Norman Soldier.. yes.. this one’s come out of the […]
