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emily little

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Bronze, Chicken Wire, nylon, Steel, High-firing refractory clay, Semi-refractory clay,

Emily Little was born in Paraparaumu, New Zealand, emigrated to England where she grew up in various parts of the UK. While taking sculpture as a second subject, she graduated with a B.A. Hons degree in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art. She later moved to Rome, presently lives and works between Edinburgh and Rome. She began painting in oils, acrylics and watercolours and frequently sketched the Pennine landscape while living in West Yorkshire in her early teens. Contemporary to this period she was introduced to the world of the studio potter, which influenced and stimulated her ideas of form. Her residence in Italy furthered the development of her work. After winning a place on a unique and highly selective course (12 participants per year), she spent a three-year period at the Italian Mint in Rome where she learnt the traditional art of designing coins and medals, bas-relief, wax modelling, metal engraving, mould-making and casting as well as taking part in internal commissions for the Italian Head of State (Quirinale), the Vatican and the Italian Military police.
Since then, she has attended further courses on mould-making and casting at Central St Martins, London as well as a private, individual course on the creation of watermarks (wax modelling) in Fabriano, Italy.

My sculpture is presently concerned with both representation and form and was influenced by a period of study at the Italian Mint in Rome which lead me to consider the figure in a monumental or symbolic light. This encouraged me to simplify my own sculpture and in some pieces where I have tried to pare down elements to the essential, there is a resulting primitive simplicity about the work.
In contrast, the sobriety associated with the monumental has lead me to produce work which is essentially ironic in nature, humour being the instinctive way in which to deal with the realities of life.

The sculptures present themselves as a juxtaposition between solid mass and finer detail. The female figures are seated however they are not passive. They are conscious and alert as if waiting for an expected, inevitable event and as such allude to a fourth dimension. One figure may be on guard and observant, another may be absorbed in thought, yet another may be trying to glimpse beyond some distant horizon, but they all play a similar role as ?active? participants rather than purely passive sitters or objects of desire.

The majority of the works are individually hand-built using a refractory clay sourced in Verona, Italy and terracotta clay.

Sculptures by emily little

Ennui (A Small Bronze Female Thinking Or Resting sculpture)

£3,333

Committee (Bronze Witty Caricature of Members sculpture)

The Roman (Big Modern Contemporary Head Bust sculpture)

£5,500

The Dance (Moving Wire Stylised Figures statue)

£2,000

Buffalo Girl`s (ceramic Peasant Women Busts statue)

£2,967

Giullare (AmusingTheatrical Caricature Bust statues)

£1,500

Seated Woman (Half Size Seated Country Woman statue)

£1,167

Credentials

Biography

See Emily Little`s Exhibition History and Description.

Influences

Marino Marini, Brezka, Arp and Frink, are sculptors who I have taken inspiration from. However, this does not necessarily imply that my work resembles theirs in any way.
Additionally the theatre, its creation of space and light and and its suggestion of what is not visible has affected my work considerably.

Symposiums
1994 Seminario de Sargadelos, XXIII Esperiencia de Tecnologia y Escuela Libre, Ceramic workshop symposium, Lugo, Spain. One-month residency.

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Females Women Girls Ladies Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Nude sculpture statue statuette Figurine Ornament Nudes, Female Sculptures Stylised Nude statue sculpture statuette ornament Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary Anatomical Sculptures of parts of the human body Focal Point Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue Humorous Witty Amusing Lighthearted Fun Jolly Whimsical Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Male Men Youths Masculine statues sculptures statuettes figurines Triumph of Spirit over Adversity sculptures statues statuettes Bronze Little or Small sculpture Busts and Heads Sculptures Corporate Sculptures Human Figurative Sculptures Outsize, Very Big, Extra Large and Massive Sculptures Stylised Heads/Busts Sculptures Abstract Dance/Dancer sculptures Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Sculpture or Statues made from Metal Rods or Bars Spirit of Dance Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture Wire Mesh Netting Chicken Gauze Sculpture Statues Human Form: Abstract Sculptures Reserved Reticent Aloof Withdrawn Introspective Calm sculpture statue statuette Stylized People Sculptures Caricature Sculptures Statues statuettes Grotesque sculptures/statues /figurines to order Commission Custom Bespoke sculptures Happiness/Joy/Exuberance/Wild Pleasure sculpture Abstract Woman Female Lady Girl sculpture statue Contemplative, Restful, Thougtful Sculptures Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures

Tags

This artists work is found in the following tags on site:
Bronze Female sculpture Bronze Indoor Sculpture bronze Nude Female sitting sculpture bronze sculpture Female sculpture Female Sitting sculpture Nude Female sculpture Nude Female Sitting sculpture Resting statue Small Bronze sculpture Thinking statue Amusing committee sculpture Bronze Amusing Committee statue bronze Train Passenger sculpture Caricature Carriage Passengers sculpture Committee in Session statue humorous figurative group Spoof Committee Bronze sculpture Voicing their Opinions statue Big Human Head sculpture Big Truncated Head sculpture Black Man`s Head sculpture bronze Mans Head sculpture Contemporary Garden Head statue Garden Bronze Head sculpture Modern Man`s Bust statue Modern Man`s Head statue Over Life Sized Head sculpture Contemporary Dance wire sculptures Contemporary Minimalist Dancers statues kinetic Dance sculptures Moving Indoor Dancers sculptures Moving Outdoor Dancers sculpture Rhythmic Dancing Wind sculpture steel chrome Dancers sculpture wire dance sculptures Emerging Women statues Peasant Head & shoulders sculpture Stylised Wading Women sculpture Stylised Women statues Wading Peasants sculptures Wading Women statuary Women Bust Or Head sculpture Women Head & Shoulders statues Working Women Clay sculpture bronze Allegorical Head statue bronze Male Head statue bronze Man bust statues Fun Garden/Yard Art Fun Head bust sculpture Humorous Male Head sculpture Male bust bronze sculpture Male Caricature bust sculptures sculpture of Men Ugly Male bust statues Female Sitting Thinking statues Human Figurative sculpture Seated Female sculpture Seated Female statue Sitting Woman in Thought statues Thinking Country Woman sculptures Thinking Country Woman statue Thoughtful Woman statues