Sculptor Richard Fox

The sculpture from concept of original idea to method of construction took well over a year to achieve. The sculpture has sold well over the last three years. Sold through the Sheridan Russell Gallery, Crawford Street, Marylebone, London ( the gallery has also shown and sold the sculpture through the Affordable Art Fairs in London, Edinburgh and Brussels ), three London based Art Consultants and the Meller Merceux Gallery, High Street, Oxford.

The sculpture has been sold to private collectors, business's for use in reception areas and most recently in the Presidential and Royal suites in a hotel in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia.

"The sculpture takes time to make. I visualise a space, a void and sketch a shape to fill it. This is to describe the process in its simplest way. In the act of sketching, I am trying to achieve a form that works as a whole. The combinations of material and shape in both the sculpture and space within the curves. The making of the sculpture from this point becomes very exacting and involves concentration. Working out the exact angles, the twists and curves, there is very little room for error. From this point the very act of sculpting the wood begins, using a variety of tools and skills that have been developed over the years. The sanding of the sculpture is the next part of the process. At this point the sculpture will be left with the natural colour of the wood or I will stain it to acheive a dark sculpture or use a earth pigment paint to colour one of the surfaces. The sculpture then goes through a process to keep it stable and able to cope with the temperatures and moisture changes within  modern buildings. The method I use is used in the yachting industry. Three layers of a two part epoxy resin are first applied, this is then sanded back and then two layers of a two part satin finish, scratch resistant, uv protector varnish are applied.  I make the base from a sandstone, the stainless steel pin and shaft allow the sculpture to be rotated for ease of different views. There are a lot of processes in making the sculpture and all of them have taken time to evolve."

I think some of the most satisfying times for me include the point at which I am by myself in the studio,  I have just finished the sculpture and I place it on the plinth. there is a sense of having been on a long journey and the journey is now complete. I am looking at something that did not exist a before today. It is as though looking at something for the first time and all that that involves.