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Modelling, casting and other techniques

1240185601 1240444801 9 book online add to wishlist April 20 - April 23 2009 from £263 An understanding of form figurative and abstract sculpture. Jon Edgar Reference: 3D 0291 Ability:Intermediate/Advanced 4007 9

Consider the particular qualities of form and explore ways of conveying 'body mass' on this course. You work in plaster, cement, stone and wood, with practical exercises to help broaden your observational skills. Visits to the Cass Sculpture Foundation and Chichester Cathedral encourage debate.

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Jon Edgar

Jon Edgar AFS MSc BSc was born in 1968 and is a sculptor of the former Frink School - an intimate academy that was focused on the human figure which remains the first source of inspiration now, as it has from earliest times. He was awarded The Discerning Eye Sculpture bursary from ING Barings charitable trust; previous postgraduate studies considered ecology and the landscape which continue to provide influences to his sculpture; natural physical and organic forms supporting and reinforcing the human figure. full profile

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