Hi there!

 

I am Mandy Bryson, a Northumbrian sculptor turned prop maker with a painstaking eye for detail.

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I trained at Edinburgh College of Art receiving the Andrew Grant Scholarship to stay on to study at Post Graduate level. I worked in clay and stone primarily from a life model. My tutors were Vincent Butler, Jake Harvey and Bill Scott.

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This traditional training has stayed with me and is called upon time and time again in my current practice especially the anatomy of both human and animal form.

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After raising my three boys I found myself working in the event industry, initially as a florist and propmaker for the indoor Christmas trails at Blenheim Palace and then as a freelancer creating many sculptures for CLW Event Design Ltd who bring Christmas Trails to multiple venues but most famously Castle Howard.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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For the last couple of years I have been working on pieces to put together my own travelling indoor sculpture trail.

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I embrace my inner child and often find inspiration from lithographs found in old children's literature. 

I always like to add a story telling element to my sculptures, this is really evident in my latest body of work- Menagerie of Idioms.

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I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to chat about all creatures great and small.

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Mandy

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