Alan`s love of well tooled machinery combined with a strong creative urge, in his creation of creatures, which somehow whilst having a slight touch of humor, have an underlying pervasive strength and artistry. Much in demand and in collections worldwide we are lucky to have the enjoyment of these one off pieces, which take so long to put together.
Sculptures by alan jack
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He work is also featured in a publication called "Into the New Iron Age; Modern British Blacksmiths by Cheltenham authoress, Amina Chatwin.,He work is also featured in a publication called "Into the New Iron Age; Modern British Blacksmiths by Cheltenham authoress, Amina Chatwin.
Alan has been making things since he was a child. Born in the Midlands in 1940, he grew up fascinated by the mechanics of machinery, his mind forever enquiring into how things were assembled and how they worked. Although Alan had no formal art training, he developed his metal-handling skills through a tool-making apprenticeship follwoed by service as an airframe fitter in the Royal Air Force.
A profound admiration for the craftmanship of the early blacksmiths has encouraged Alan to study and collect a wide range of old tools and metal devices. Farm machinery, car and motoercycle parts, household utensils, frequently gathers when repairing and renovating equipment, all play a part in his sculpture.
But it is his deep love of nature, and especially of birds and insects, which manifests itself most stronly in Alans orginal sculptures. A keen conservationist, he has created forms which depict all aspects of wildlife. His fertile imagination has brough to life a variety of creatures constructed from found metal objects demonstrating both his his of his subject and of his media.
Alans work has been on permanent display both in the galleries and in the gardens at Nature in Art, the International Centre of Wildlife Art at Wandworth Hall in Gloucester, since 1988 and he spent a week there as Artist in Residence. He has featured several times on local television and radio and in both the local and national press.
