Sophie Marsham | Sculptor | enquiries@sophiemarsham.com
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I have been working in Public Art since I left the Chelsea School of Art in 1993. I did a BA (hons) in Public Art and Design and have always been interested in bringing art out of the gallery and into the public arena. One of the most important aspects to me, is not only making the work site specific but making it accessible to all. I want the public to fully interact with the work. I also really enjoy the challenge of designing sculpture specifically for a building, whether that is a new hotel in the Caribbean or a shopping mall in Cheltenham. I also enjoy the challenge of working alongside architects and designers to create new concepts.
Public Art
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At the Innovations Forum 2006, held at Jazz at Lincoln Centre NY, I designed and made all the graphics for the stage set and all the signage. I also held creativity workshops, making moving flowers from copper pipes and bicycle cogs which were then displayed throughout this prestigious event.
This lion sculpture, made in steel, was commissioned by Kensitas, a company based in Glasgow. It was displayed in their public reception area. I designed the piece, based on their logo, which was a lion. The sculpture is 8 ft. ( 2.4m ) in length.
Equilibrium. Ritz Carlton, Grand Cayman.
This moon sculpture was one of a pair of sculptures that was commissioned by XS Aviation, an airline finance company. They are on display in the boardroom of their London Office. They wanted their sculptures to be created using airline scrap and I discovered a scrapyard in Birmingham that had a large amount of airline metal pieces that were ready to be melted down and recycled. I drove a 160 mile roundtrip, not really knowing if they would have anything suitable. To my surprise, I discovered a series of very heavy, irregular shaped discs that were extremely sharp. When you cast titanium, these discs were what was left at the bottom of the cast. The amazing blues and mauve colours were created by the intense heat. I took the ones I could lift and made my way back to the studio very happy.
This sculpture was commissioned by "Big Fish Design" in Ireland, for their logo. The pike is on display at their offices.
Apple Tree commissioned by Leo Burnett Advertising Agency for the reception area of their London office. The apple is the logo of the company, so using that as a starting point, I designed an apple tree for the foyer of this prestigious London agency. The apples themselves were formed using perforated steel sheet, normally associated with industrial walkways etc., but once formed into oversized spheres, they have taken on an organic natural form. The sculpture is 12 ft. tall (3.6 m).
Pret a Manger. My first sculpture commission, happened three months after leaving art school, when I was asked to create five installations for this cafe's flagship Oxford Street store. They included an 18 ft. ( 5.43 m) copper chicken and 15 ft. ( 4.5 m ) steel tuna fish.
Two barley sculptures were created for The Brewery Shopping Centre, Cheltenham. At 20 ft. ( 6 m ) high, they are the largest sculptures that I have created to date.