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Stone Carving Course - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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Stone Carving Course Dates 2016. 8203;STONE CARVING MASTERCLASS AT THE HEPWORTH. SAT 29 AND SUN 30 OCTOBER, 10.30AM - 4PM BOTH DAYS, £200 (MEMBERS £150). TO BOOK A PLACE ON THIS WORKSHOP CLICK HERE. You will initiate a number of sketches and drawings considering sculptural forms and shapes. You are welcome to bring your own ideas and drawings with you for inspiration but these aren’t essential as there will lots of resources and inspiration within the gallery. It is advised that you wear comfortable, stu...
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Artistic Services - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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I provide all aspects of design, production and Installation. I am a contemporary sculptor who carves a variety of different stones, including marble, sandstone and limestone. My sculpture is suitable for any type of garden or the home. I also produce monumental sculpture for public spaces. Drawings, paintings, mixed media, 2D work and mosaics are also available. Made to commission I provide the full service from -. Initial Consultation - Choice of stone or casting material. Transport - To site. Email me...
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Links - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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Suppliers of stone carving tools and Maltese limestone. Artist and stone carver. Bringing sculpture into the open. Leeds Art Gallery online. Landscape and Garden Design. Artists open studio trail. Dave Harvey and Eileen Young. Helen Campbell - Gallery In The Garden. Studio Address Unit 4a Mill Street West Ind. Estate. Telephone 07952 367 143. Email melanie.wilks@btinternet.com.
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Gallery III - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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Stands 18 inches high. Red St Bees sandstone. Inspired by the bulbous sculptural form of the closed bud. This sculpture grows, developing in form from rectangular block at the base, upwards to the bulbed blend of the title, blurring the line at which plinth ends and sculpture begins. DIMENSIONS - 1100mm x 630mm x 390mm. As above and in the female form. With this sculpture, I liked the idea of pushing my stone carving technique to create the illusion of a liquid stone splash.Take The Plunge communicat...
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CV - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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1990-1991 M.A. Fine Art Manchester Metropolitan University. 1985-1988 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Portsmouth University. 1984-1985 Foundation Course in Art and Design Jacob Kramer College ,Leeds. 2015 Pack Horse. Yorkshire stone. Marsden The Milestone Society. 2015 Hare. Yorkshire stone. Slaithewaite The Milestone Society. 2015 Fox, Hare, Crow, Newt and Mice, Yorkstone, Sutton Park Leeds Groundwork Trust Leeds. 2015 Dove and Hands in relief, Yorkstone, Huddersfield NHTS Students. 2011 Animal War Memorial, Sands...
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Gallery - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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Harriet Tubman was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South. To become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She was born in. Maryland in 1820, and successfully escaped in 1849. Yet she returned many times. To rescue both family members and non-relatives from the plantation system. She. Led hundreds to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the. Underground Railroad, an elaborate secret network of safe houses organized for. TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY, TO SE...
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Gallery II - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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Pack Horse carved in relief from Yorkshire sandstone. Commissioned by The Milestone Society and sited at the bottom of the newly renovated pack horse trail near Marsden. Hare carved in relief from Yorkshire sandstone. Commissioned by The Milestone Society and sited on The Crossing The Pennines Heritage Trail near Slaithewaite West Yorkshire. SUTTON PARK RELIEF CARVINGS. Carved in relief from Yorkshire sandstone and situated at Woodlesford near Leeds. Commissioned by Woodlesford and Oulton Action Group.
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MELANIE WILKS Sculptor - Blog
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Stone arrives at my studio ready for my next project. DAG AT CROW NEST PARK. Come and see the wonderful work by the Dewsbury Arts Group in their summer exhibition at Crow nest Park, Dewsbury Admission free. Also featuring a special exhibition of work by Frank Mitchell. The exhibition ends on the 26th of August. Stone carving at Glastonbury Festival with. The YSG At Beverley Minster. STONE CARVING MASTERCLASS AT THE HEPWORTH. TO BOOK A PLACE ON THIS WORKSHOP CLICK HERE. Drawing inspiration from The Hepwor...
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News - MELANIE WILKS Sculptor
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THE SUMMER EXHIBITION AT BEVERLEY MINSTER BY THE YORKSHIRE SCULPTORS GROUP. TableTop Tableaux Exhibition At Dean Clough With The YSG. Please come and see The Table Top Tableaux Exhibition at Dean Clough Halifax with the Yorkshire Sculptors Group. Preview 7th of May 12pm till 2pm. And then running until the 29th of May. 8203;STONE CARVING MASTERCLASS AT THE HEPWORTH SAT 26 MARCH AND SAT 2 APRIL, 10.30AM - 4.30PM BOTH DAYS, £200 (MEMBERS £150). 8203;Join professional sculptor Mela. The workshop is suitable...