alex waddell

Mediums Used

Alex trained as an Apprentice at Winchester Cathedral. Having worked in heritage for 3 years. Learning a range of traditional skills he has seen through all stages of each job, taking measurements for templates working the stone and put into the building, as well conservation of the building using mortar repairs and pinning and shelter coating.
Studied Sculpture at Cardiff school of art in 2014 where he specialised in wood working techniques.Exhibited at several student lead exhibitions with a group called the Modern Alchemist. Since then he has exhibited in a hand full of shows in Cardiff.
He has represented the college at the Heat of the 2016 and 2017 heats of the UKSkills competition and come Third place at the Winchester Cathedral Stone masonry Festival.
Sculptures by alex waddell
Credentials
Qualifications
2009 - 2010 BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Distinction, Eastleigh College
2010 - 2013 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Wales Institute of Cardiff (Howard Gardens, Cardiff)
2014 - 2017 Stonemasonry (Banker Masonry and Construction) NVQ and National Diploma Level 2 and 3,2009 - 2010 BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Distinction, Eastleigh College
2010 - 2013 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Wales Institute of Cardiff (Howard Gardens, Cardiff)
2014 - 2017 Stonemasonry (Banker Masonry and Construction) NVQ and National Diploma Level 2 and 3Exhibitions
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While at university Alex drew heavily from work of American Folk artist and the work and symbolism of primitive tribes and outsiders across the world. Inspired by the traditional craftsmen He moved into masonry where the he was heavily inflence by the Niave Norman style and the decorative English Gothic work found on churches and Cathedrals.