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PATRICIA NORTHCROFT

 

“Puffin”

Bronze.  One of an edition of 300                                                                              IMAGE

 

“Avocet II”

Bronze. 

From of an edition of 300                                                                                           IMAGE

 

“Black-winged Stilt”

Bronze.  One of an edition of 300                                                                              IMAGE

 

 

 

On completing her education, Patricia Northcroft was employed as an assistant editor with a publishing company where, in particular, she enjoyed working with material involving birds and other wildlife.  It is this experience that she feels she still draws on today for her sculpture work, together with her love of the countryside. Patricia has not had formal art college training.  She enjoys anything creative and upon attending a course entitled "The Lost Wax Method of Casting into Bronze", she found she had a natural feeling for a medium which allows her a freedom to express movement which is not always possible in other materials.  Her first piece "Avocet" caused much admiration and since then, encouraged by many people, she embarked upon a new career as a sculptor.  She has now added many small bronzes to compliment "Avocet, together with larger pieces including "Greylag Geese", "Black Swan Preening", "Poppies", "Heron" and many more. Patricia also works in clay and is privileged to have had commissions from Royal Doulton and other reputable companies, producing mostly figurines for reproduction into porcelain and some ballet sculptures for commercial reproduction. All the bronze sculptures of birds have been accepted for inclusion in the Society of Wildlife Artists' Exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London and work has been shown at the Contemporary London Art Fairs held at Olympia and Islington and also at the Bath Arts Festivals.  They are to be found in Art Galleries around the country as well as in London Galleries and around the world including New Zealand, Hong Kong and the U.S.A. Patricia works on the pieces herself once they have been cast at the foundry, ensuring that the finer points are accurate, and then applies the patina by using chemicals with a blowtorch.  The Kingfishers encouraged her to experiment with the patina and develop a turquoise blue.  She then mounts the sculptures onto polished wooden plinths where appropriate.

 

 

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