Sculpture Vulture

Today in this SPECIAL BONUS SUMMER EPISODE, Lucy Branch speaks to Andy Scott, the Glasgow-born sculptor behind The Kelpies, Club Legends at Manchester City FC and The Calling in Minnesota. Andy talks about the influence of Glasgow's civic statuary, developing his signature steel technique and deciding to take his shot. Join us and be inspired by sculpture.

Find Andy: andyscottsculptor.com · Instagram @andyscott.sculptures

This podcast is created by Antique Bronze

🎨 Artwork Credit

The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman

The illustrator of the Graphic is Neil Parker

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Images and full episode transcription

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If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast, or buy Lucy a coffee

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction

Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation

Fiction

A Rarer Gift Than Gold

Rust Upon My Soul

Restoration Murder

Lady Laura's Way

Lucy Branch speaks to Swedish sculptor Peter Reuterberg on his path from industrial and car design to figurative bronze sculpture, his childhood-inspired characters, studio practice, recommended sculpture destinations in Sweden, and current work.

00:00 Welcome and Updates

00:29 Tartan Army Traffic Cones

02:41 Elizabeth Andrews Statue

03:45 Hamilton Laocoön Auction

06:49 Season Finale and Format

08:48 Meet Peter Reuterberg

09:43 First Sculpture Encounters

12:39 Design Career to Sculpture

16:29 Style Childhood Imagination

22:54 Bronze Heroes and Sharkboy

25:17 Making a Living as Artist

30:56 Scandinavian Sculpture Spots

34:49 Current Work and Exhibitions

39:32 Where to Follow and Goodbye

Peter recommended three places Sculpture Vultures would enjoy visiting in Sweden and Denmark

Pilane Sculpture Park — A private sculpture park on the island of Tjörn, near where Peter lives. You pay an entry fee, and it features artists from all over the world in a beautiful natural outdoor setting at a high artistic level.

Carl Eldh's Studio in Stockholm — The studio of 19th-century sculptor Carl Eldh, described as spectacular, with a huge window that curves up into the roof, filled with plaster casts and bronzes.

He also threw in a bonus tip just across the border: the Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark — a stunning collection in a beautiful building in the city centre, donated by the Carlsberg family.

This podcast is created by Antique Bronze

🎨 Artwork Credit

The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman

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Images and full episode transcription:

www. sculpturevulture.co.uk

✉️ Contact

[email protected]

Other places to find Lucy https://linktr.ee/LucyBronze

☕ Support the Show

If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast, or here:

https://buymeacoffee.com/lucybranch

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction

• Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

• Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation

Fiction

• A Rarer Gift Than Gold

• Rust Upon My Soul

• Restoration Murder

• Lady Laura's Way

In this episode, Lucy Branch speaks with Ben Winterburn — foundryman and the creative force behind the Instagram account of world-renowned sculptor Steve Winterburn.

Ben helps to run the Winterburn Fine Art Foundry, handling clients and sales, and has built an intagram presence of over a quarter-of-a-million-followers with reels reaching millions of people.

Social media became serious when sales overtook galleries as their primary revenue stream — proof that consistency and the right content strategy can make a real commercial difference. Showing the process is the key to selling sculpture online: it builds value, tells the story, and justifies the price tag.

Find Ben: Instagram: @BenWinterburnn (two Ns!)

This podcast is created by Antique Bronze

🎨 Artwork Credit

The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman

🖼️ Explore More

Images and full episode transcription:

https://sculpturevulture.co.uk

✉️ Contact

[email protected]

Other places to find Lucy https://linktr.ee/LucyBronze

☕ Support the Show

If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast, or here:

https://buymeacoffee.com/lucybranch

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction

Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation

Fiction

A Rarer Gift Than Gold

Rust Upon My Soul

Restoration Murder

Lady Laura's Way

In this episode, Lucy Branch speaks with Lowri Harris, Associate Curator for Public Art at Canary Wharf, for an insider's look at one of London's most ambitious public sculpture collections. Lowri shares how the collection has grown and evolved over 30 years, what she looks for when acquiring new work, and the fascinating behind-the-scenes logistics of managing art in a busy public estate.

Key Topics Covered

• How the collection is acquired — a genuinely mixed process: unsolicited pitches, open calls, research trips, and word of mouth. Gallery representation is not required; what matters is a strong presentation, good photography, and evidence of practical thinking about installation.
• What makes a successful pitch — understanding the collection, proposing a specific location, and demonstrating awareness of logistics: weight, dimensions, durability, and public interaction.
• The shift towards place-making — newer acquisitions increasingly consider how a work shapes and activates a space, not just occupies it. Colour, murals, and light works are playing a growing role.
• The Whale by Studio KCA — 11 metres tall, made from five tonnes of reclaimed plastic pulled from the oceans around Hawaii. Originally shown in Bruges, it now sits in the Canary Wharf dock. Its concrete ballast uses a coffee-concrete mix made from grounds collected from the estate's cafes — a sustainability story that runs through every layer of the project.
• Lowri's wish list — monumental works with softness and tactility; the push-pull of scale. She mentions Hélène Blumenfeld's Metamorphosis as a favourite, and expresses admiration for Yinka Shonibare's wind sculptures.
• Sean Henry's standing figures — beloved (and slightly unnerving) for their near-human scale; visitors instinctively try to make them part of the scene.
• Moving works around — Returning to Embrace and It Takes Two, both acquired in 1999, were recently relocated to Montgomery Square, bringing them new audiences and what feels like a fresh life.
• Safety and public interaction — a candid conversation about the realities of managing sculpture in a space with 50,000 visitors on a single Winter Lights evening.
• Winter Lights Festival — now in its tenth year, drawing an estimated 350,000 visitors over 12 evenings.

Insider Tip: Where to Visit

• Lowri recommends: Wood Wharf, home to around 12 works, with a coffee stop at 640 East opposite The Whale
• Lucy recommends: Sky Station by Peter Newman at Adams Plaza — recline on the sculpture and look up at the sky

Find Out More

• Canary Wharf art collection and events: canarywharf.com
• Audio tours and guides: Bloomberg Connects app
• Contact Lucy: [email protected]
• Lucy's books, links, and recommended reading: Linktree in bio

🎙️ Sculpture Vulture Other Notes

This podcast is created by Antique Bronze
https://antiquebronze.co.uk

🎨 Artwork Credit
The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophonby Amy Goodman
https://amygoodman.co.uk/

🖼️ Explore More
Images and full episode transcription:
https://sculpturevulture.co.uk

✉️ Contact
[email protected]

☕ Support the Show
If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast,or here:
https://buymeacoffee.com/lucybranch

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction
Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture
https://books2read.com/u/3nqv6o

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation
https://books2read.com/u/3kAjNO

Fiction
A Rarer Gift Than Gold
https://books2read.com/u/brGBDe

Rust Upon My Soul
https://books2read.com/u/m0g6qJ

Restoration Murder
https://books2read.com/u/brPenz

Lady Laura's Way
https://books2read.com/u/mVGXQM

Today on the show, Lucy Branch speaks to Ben C. Pearce, a New Zealand sculptor working in Corten steel and bronze whose work blurs geological form with the trace of the human figure.

Ben discusses what the life of being a professional sculptor is like in New Zealand, from his tactile childhood that set the foundation for his practice, he traces the journey from art school to becoming one of a rare few who have built a genuinely full-time sculptural career, and reflects on why he made a promise to himself the day he left university: he would not stop making.

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This podcast is created by Antique Bronze https://antiquebronze.co.uk

🎨 Artwork Credit The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman https://amygoodman.co.uk/

🖼️ Explore More Images and full episode transcription: https://sculpturevulture.co.uk

✉️ Contact [email protected] or Instagram lucybranch_sculpturevulture

☕ Support the Show If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast, or here:https://buymeacoffee.com/lucybranch

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction

Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

https://books2read.com/u/3nqv6o

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservationhttps://books2read.com/u/3kAjNO

Fiction

A Rarer Gift Than Gold

https://books2read.com/u/brGBDe

Rust Upon My Soul

https://books2read.com/u/m0g6qJ

Restoration Murder

https://books2read.com/u/brPenz

Lady Laura's Way

https://books2read.com/u/mVGXQM

Lucy Branch talks to Mario Chiodo, the California-based sculptor behind some of America's most ambitious public monuments, including the remarkable Remember Them monument in Oakland and an upcoming life-story monument to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Mario talks about what it means to sculpt biography rather than likeness, why the arts are all interconnected, and his philosophy that the greatest artists still have to learn the business of art.

A fascinating conversation about creative identity, the https://antiquebronze.co.uk⁠purpose of public sculpture, and what monuments can be when you go beyond the man on the plinth.

Find Mario's work at chiodoart.com

This podcast is created by Antique Bronze

🎨 Artwork Credit
The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman https://amygoodman.co.uk/

🖼️ Explore More
Images and full episode transcription:
https://sculpturevulture.co.uk

✉️ Contact
[email protected]

☕ Support the Show
If you enjoy the show, you can support it by rating and reviewing the podcast,

or here:
https://buymeacoffee.com/lucybranch

📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction
Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture
https://books2read.com/u/3nqv6o

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation
https://books2read.com/u/3kAjNO

Fiction
A Rarer Gift Than Gold
https://books2read.com/u/brGBDe

Rust Upon My Soul
https://books2read.com/u/m0g6qJ

Restoration Murder
https://books2read.com/u/brPenz

Lady Laura's Way https://books2read.com/u/mVGXQM

- Check out the Lady Laura's Way Book Trailer - ⁠⁠HERE⁠

Today on the show, Lucy Branch speaks to Canadian Sculptor Tyler Fauvelle  who is based in Northern Ontario. His public monuments give permanent, visible form to stories that deserve to be seen.

Working in a figurative style with impressionistic touches, Tyler commemorates military heroes, cultural pioneers and indigenous figures whose contributions to Canadian history are real and significant, but whose presence in the public landscape has been, until now, absent.

In this episode, we talk about how Tyler came to sculpture later than he might have — nudged there by his wife — and how 18 years on, he's built a practice entirely around work he believes in. We discuss the Francis Pegahmagabow monument, one of Canada's most decorated indigenous soldiers, and the extraordinary way that sculpture took on a life of its own in the community.

You can find Tyler's work at tylerfauvelle.ca

The statue on our podcast graphic (Pegasus and Bellerophon) is by sculptor ⁠Amy Goodman⁠. Please support the show by picking up a novel by Lucy Branch

 Restoration Murder

A Rarer Gift Than Gold

Rust Upon My Soul

or if you like historical romance, try

Lady Laura's Way

This podcast is brought to you by ⁠Antique Bronze⁠, sculptural and architectural conservation

Today on the show, Lucy Branch speaks to Timothy Paul Schmalz, a contemporary Canadian figurative sculptor whose large-scale religious bronze works have found their way into some of the most significant public spaces in the world — including St. Peter's Square in Rome, where his monumental Angels Unawares stands permanently and cities across the globe where his Homeless Jesus continues to be installed.

In this conversation, Tim talks about walking away from art school, building a practice entirely on his own terms, and the discipline of a creative life devoted to a single purpose. He reflects on the faith it takes to begin a piece without knowing where it will go — and on the year the first cast of Homeless Jesus sat in a crate because he couldn't find a home for it.

He also makes a quietly compelling case for why public bronze sculpture may be one of the most powerful mediums available to an artist today.

⁠Please support the show by buying ⁠Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation⁠ or ⁠Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture⁠ or fiction A Rarer Gift Than Gold, or Restoration Murder

The statue on our podcast graphic (Pegasus and Bellerophon) is by sculptor Amy Goodman.

This podcast is created by ⁠Antique Bronze⁠

The podcast is back for part two of Season 4!

This week, Lucy Branch talks to @GettingUpToStuft, a Bristol based public sculpture, who asks for no permission to create his emotionally resonant works.

Shooting to fame in 2020 with his sculpture - Bear With Me - which comments on the struggles of men in our society, his work takes on a life of its own once he says goodbye to them.

We hear how a friend’s simple piece of advice unlocked the sculptor he always wanted to be and how a varied career has stood him in good instead.

Listening in and Get Up To Stuff with us on Instagram! @lucybranch_sculpturevulture

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This podcast is brought to you by Antique Bronze

Contact Lucy Branch – [email protected]

In this pre-Christmas episode of Sculpture Vulture, host Lucy Branch reflects on a fruitful year while sharing insightful clips from past episodes.

Lucy features pearls of wisdom from renowned sculptors such as Kenny Hunter, Steven C. Barber, Nigel Hall, Kerry Thomas, Neil Andrews, Tom Murphy, Aiden, Tim Shaw, and Rebecca Hawkins. Each sculptor offers a unique perspective on the art of sculpture, its challenges, and its rewards.

Lucy introduces the featured guest, sculptor Laura Ford, who discusses her journey in the sculpture world, insights into her creative process, and her educational initiative at the Matt Black Barn. 00:00 Introduction to Sculpture Vulture00:29 Reflecting on a Busy Year01:17 Gems from Past Episodes01:49 Kenny Hunter's Insight on Art02:24 Steven C. Barber on Monumental Thinking03:03 Nigel Hall's Sculptural Perspective04:22 Kerry Thomas on Artistic Philosophy04:57 Neil Andrews on Dynamic Form07:13 Tom Murphy on the Spirit of Art08:00 Aiden on the Essence of Great Sculpture09:10 Tim Shaw on the Pursuit of Perfection09:47 Rebecca Hawkins on Taking Time Off11:40 Interview with Laura Ford25:39 The Creative Process and Self-Consciousness26:04 The Cats and the Banking Crisis28:42 Exhibitions and Visibility28:57 The Matt Black Barn: A Dream Studio31:26 The Importance of Education in Sculpture33:04 Balancing Art and Practicality36:30 Working with a Partner39:57 Conclusion and Upcoming ExhibitionsPlease support the show by buying

Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

Or Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservation

Contact Lucy: [email protected]

This podcast was brought to you by Antique Bronze