Your basket is currently empty.
Subtotal: £0
Our Latest Tweets
- @TripAdvisor #sculptureparkreview “I took the family and dog here when they came to stay. We happily spent a few h… https://t.co/aRSk0Ma0IU - 1 day ago
- @TripAdvisor #reviewofsculpturepark “Wow this sculpture park is a must visit, there a 4 coloured walks that take y… https://t.co/cIGcSgFCpb - 3 days ago
- “ I am not often surprised in this life any more but I was pleasantly surprised! A huge number of varied and intere… https://t.co/bh67hv5y8a - 3 days ago
- Follow @sculpture_park
The Sculpture Park
-
Eco-Art: Sculptures to save the Planet
15th March 2019Eco art or ecological art, is the name given to a movement among artists who create works with a specific goal in mind: saving the planet. Whether it be addressing plastic waste, deforestation, greenhouse emissions, poaching and destruction of natural habitats- the central message is the same. Our planet,...
-
International Women's Day 2019
7th March 2019International Women’s Day 2019 International Women’s Day is celebrated this year on 8th March. To recognise this important day we would like to share a selection of amazing sculptures by some of the female artists that exhibit at The Sculpture Park. We are immensely proud to represent such incredibly talented sculptors and hope...
-
Art of Zimbabwe: Shona Sculpture
6th March 2019Art of Zimbabwe: Shona Sculpture Shona sculpture is the name given to a modern movement of stone carved sculpture created in Zimbabwe. It gets its name from the ‘Shona’ tribe of people (actually a mixture of many similar tribes with closely related language and culture) who are the largest in...
-
Drawing Sculpture: Sketching & Planning
19th January 2019Drawing Sculpture: Sketching & Planning Art begins with an idea. From there, a sketch, a draft or a plan. Often many drafts and many sketches, each refining the idea bit by bit. Once the idea is fully formed, then perhaps, work begins on the final piece. This is true of most artistic...
-
Stone Sculpture: Stone as a Sculptural Medium
17th January 2019Stone Sculpture The use of Stone as a Sculptural Medium Stone carving is the oldest surviving form of artistic expression. Many aspects of mankind’s cultural heritage now exist only through the lens of ancient stonework. This is thanks to the versatility and longevity of stone. Monolithic statues, ancient writing and carved...
-
Lost Wax Bronze Casting
15th January 2019Sculpting Methods and Materials Bronze Casting – The Lost Wax Process Bronze sculpture is among one of the most popular mediums within the art world. They are long lasting, difficult to damage, and don’t lose value. A broad spectrum of artists use Bronze as their chosen medium to work with. There...
-
What is Patination?
12th January 2019What is Patination? Take Off by Martyn Barratt – Showing the variation in Patination Patination refers to the process of developing or forming a colour upon a surface or sculpture. A patina can be thought of as a desirable, protective or even decorative tarnish or finish. This is most commonly seen...
-
Giving the Gift of Art this Christmas
16th November 2018This Christmas, why not give the ‘Gift of Art‘? The ‘Norm’… The Exhausting Hunt for the Novelty gift Every year the festive season hurtles towards us at an increasingly alarming rate. As summer fades into the distance, September sees seasonal adornments seep into shop windows. By November, Oxford Street is irrevocably illuminated…. Anticipation is...
-
Sculptures for Sale – Where did they go in 2018?
7th November 2018Here at The Sculpture Park, we have over 1000 Sculptures for sale. Visitors often ask who buys our sculptures or where a particular sculpture was sold to. In this blog we would like to share some of the new homes our sculptures have found this year: Strongman We received an email...
-
Spirit in Stone 2018
7th August 2018The Zimbabwe Shona Exhibition: ‘Spirit in Stone’ Proceeds from ‘Spirit in Stone’ support the Maori School project Affordable and investment artwork available Live Sculpting on-site Hundreds of beautiful traditional and contemporary works to see! Launches Saturday 18th August! The Sculpture Park, Surrey is proud to present: “Spirit in Stone”, an exhibition featuring over 200 unique...
-
The Sculpture Park Welcomes Polar Bear Sculpture from London Zoo
10th January 2018A Polar Bear Sculpture by one of Britain’s leading wildlife artists, Adam Binder, has found a new home at The Sculpture Park in Churt. It has been given pride of place among a wide range of sculptures from around the world. The 12 ft, 700 kg bronze was originally unveiled on Sloane Square...
-
Record Breaking Horseshoe Dragon comes to The Sculpture Park
9th January 2018Artist Jim Poolman spent 12 years and used 50,000 horseshoes to create a record breaking Horseshoe Dragon sculpture. Horseshoe artist Jim Poolman contacted Eddie Powell, owner and curator of The Sculpture Park in Churt, just outside Farnham, Surrey, 12 years ago. He was disappointed that he couldn’t sell his work there....
-
We are Recruiting
28th July 2017Would you like to work at the most atmospheric sculpture park in Britain? The Sculpture Park are recruiting for office based personnel. Join the expanding team in a bid to claim world domination (or at least the most effective one-stop shop for viewing and purchasing sculpture). The role(s) is varied...
-
Top 15 Most Popular Sculptors
21st March 2017The Sculpture Park is home to an eclectic mix of art by some of the most popular sculptors from the UK and beyond. With hundreds of sculptures to see, sometimes a whole day isn’t enough to take in this outdoor gallery’s vast collection. The list below of our most popular sculptors...
-
10 Things to do at The Sculpture Park
21st February 2017The Sculpture Park is a sculpture-packed oasis nestled within 10 acres of lakes and woodland in the Surrey Hills. The Sculpture Park is home to a wide variety of local wildlife, and of course a multitude of Modern, 20th Century and Contemporary sculptures. A popular tourist destination, the unique...
-
What is Bronze & How to look after it
31st October 2016What is Bronze? Bronze has been in use since around 3500BC, originally used primarily for weapons and Armour as at the time it was a lighter alternative to leather & wood. Eventually, artists in the Chinese and West Asia began to use bronze in art as it was a lighter...
-
The Place to Buy Sculpture
8th September 2016The Place to Buy Sculpture Visitors often ask us: ‘Do you sell many sculptures?’ ‘Who are the people that buy sculpture?’ ‘Where do the sculptures go?’ Well, we do sell many sculptures, which is why our trail around the park is always changing with pieces being sold and new work coming...
-
The Sculpture Park at Henley Festival
13th June 2016As festival season fast approaches we are looking forward to exhibiting at the boutique cultural experience that is Henley Festival. A luxury summer party taking place on the banks of the river Thames, in the town of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. A truly quintessential British location This magical five night affair will feature some of the best International and UK music....
-
Father's Day Gift from The Sculpture Park
6th June 2016Just what Father’s Day Gift do you buy for the man who has everything? Or any man for that matter? New and exciting gifts for men are so hard to come by. Here at The Sculpture Park we have what we think is an inspirational gift for that all important man in...
-
Sculpture in spring competition
20th March 2016Welcome to our latest competition; Sculpture in Spring. A chance to WIN an Annual Pass to The Sculpture Park After a somewhat uninspiring winter (far too warm and wet) the wait is finally over and spring has sprung at last! As one of the most photographically pleasing times of the year, the...
-
Competition!
9th February 2016Win 4 tickets to The Sculpture Park The Sculpture Park are running a competition to give away 4 tickets to visit the most atmospheric sculpture park in Britain. Situated in the heart of Surrey, near the historic town of Farnham and a stones throw away from popular walking destinations Frensham Ponds...
-
'Turtles Swimming Through Kelp' by Piers Mason
15th December 2014Piers Mason Sculpted with the precision one would expect from a former jeweller these Turtle sculptures represents over 7 months work by the UK s foremost metal sculptor. Manufactured in marine grade (316) stainless steel these are ‘one-of-a-kind’ works of art. Piers has achieved an idyllic representation of these endangered...
-
Icarus II by Nicola Godden ARBS
16th July 2014‘Icarus II’ is a large bronze sculpture depicting the well-known character of Greek Mythology; the infamous story of the boy Icarus whose father fashioned himself and his son a pair of wings from feathers and wax for him to escape from Crete. With his father’s warnings not to fly...
-
Ruth Moilliet
16th July 2014Ruth Moilliet is a very talented sculptor from Manchester, UK. She continuously uses the subject of nature in the works with a focus on flowers which lends itself to flower associated insects like bees and butterflies. Moilliet’s work plays with contrasting elements; her use of strong, masculine materials and...
-
Wood Sculpting
16th July 2014Wood Sculpting: An ancient & versatile medium Wood has been used by humans to create art for thousands of years. Both as a tool, and a medium itself. The abundance of wood, it’s ease of use and the desirable qualities of hardiness and versatility have meant that wood sculpting has...
-
Piers Mason
10th June 2014Piers Mason Piers Mason is a talented sculptor with a passion for art and how art can empower people, he has spent significant periods overseas, especially in Africa, and as a result he acts as an Art Consultant for income generating community projects in developing countries, serves as Project Director...
-
Take Off by Martin Barratt
10th June 2014This extremely well executed bronze by Martyn Barratt is a simple subject matter that has been conceptually mastered to form a beautiful piece that explores the idea of contrast between weight and subject. The composition and refined linear detailing all adds to the suggested subject of a feather. Whilst at...
-
Lonesome George by David Cooke
28th May 2014‘Lonesome George’ is a true to scale bronze sculpture of the infamous lonely giant tortoise whose discovered isolation promoted the start of animal conservation in the Galapagos Islands. This is a stunning, high detailed piece that remains as a beautiful echo of the lost creature. The use of...
-
Ceramic Sculptures
24th May 2014Ceramic Sculptures Ceramics are an unusual, and sometimes hard to define genre of sculpture. Often treading the line between craft work and fine art, pieces of ceramic work can sometimes split opinion on just how they should be regarded. However, whether the object is an ‘art or a craft’, a...
-
Generation by William Harling
10th May 2014‘Generation’ is a large sculpture that sees a uniform group of figures lying regimentally in a circle. The figures are absent of identity, individuality and features. Only the hands and feet are sculpted to give a sense of humanity whilst the lack of any high detail gives the figures...
-
Andrew Sinclair
9th May 2014Andrew has lived in South Africa and worked in Europe and is influenced by the great classical sculptors of the renaissance. He lists the Earl and Countess of Leicester, Oldham City Council, Christopher Moran of Crosby Hall, publisher Felix Dennis, Georgio Logothetis of Lomar Shipping, Royal Ascot racecourse and...
-
Chat by Ann Vrielinck
3rd May 2014An accomplished piece by Belgium born artist Ann Vrielinck; ‘Chat’ is a beautifully crafted bronze that depicts several figures intertwined in a spherical mass that sees each figure linked and moulded to one another to form a narrative about networking and conversation. The piece is deliberately vague in its approach...
-
Mixed Media Sculpture
30th April 2014Mixed media sculpture is fundamentally most sculpture, as it is defined as any sculpture than is comprised of more than one material, plinths and stands aside. By using more than one material when making a piece of sculpture you are giving yourself more options for structural integrity, colour, texture,...
-
Ferryman' by David Goode
5th April 2014One of the most popular pieces in the park at the moment; ‘Ferryman’ is a bronze sculpture of high quality and detail by British artist David Goode. Goode’s works derive from his childhood fascination with folklore and myths. The fantasy based works which now form a vast collection referred to...
-
Glass Sculptures - Glass Blowing & Glass Works
29th March 2014Glass Sculptures Glass is a very beautiful medium to work in, glass sculptures or studio glasses are some of the most stunning pieces and this makes them hugely popular pieces for investment. The range of colours, shapes and sizes that can be made help make this material one of the...
-
Whats to come 2014
26th March 20142014 is a year of change at The Sculpture Park; with the introduction of a new website with new features, including an online Sculpture for Sale catalogue, featured artists where visitors to the site can learn more about our artists, an artist of the week, articles about the artists...
-
EcoArt & Sculpting using Found Objects
20th March 2014EcoArt & Sculpting using Found Objects The use of found objects in art is generally considered to be a relatively modern style, with it’s origins lying in the Dadaist movement of the early 20th century. It involve using discarded, bought or salvaged items to create a larger work- often by...
-
Isaac Kahn
17th February 2014Isaac Kahn works with the combination of modern subject matter, minimalism, dynamism and the underlying conceptual-symbolic quality. His primary focus is the female form, looking at shape and line and how the composition of the work interacts with the materials he uses. The strength depicted within the work reflected...
-
‘Dinning Out’ by Alan Williams
17th February 2014‘Dinning Out’ is a unique reclaimed metal sculpture that is mostly comprised of spoons and forks as well as found metal, as expressed in the witty title; it is a powerful sculpture that plays with materials to explore mark and light. Williams’ works are most commonly animal and nature...
