Wire SculptorsBen White

Butch and Bone:

Cyril the Squirrel

Gary Tiplady

Gary, a local celebrity and artist born and bred in Newcastle Upon Tyne, started his working life as a top chef, he even cooked for the Queen of England and a lot more widely recognised celebrities.As well as chef work, he has adorned many a banquet with his lard sculptures, to which people placed orders, only to be told they did not have a long life span.He has had commissions from Rolls Royce, Newcastle Race course and Newcastle United Football club to name but few.His has done lots of charity work, the main of which has been the “Pudsey Bear” for the well know charity Children in Need.It is from this, his humble beginnings that Gary has built up a local up and coming reputation as a wire sculpture extraordinaire, which is expanding at a rapid pace day after day.It all began with lard art in which he had to make wire armatures to support the many lard/butter sculptures he has created in his short but creative life thus far.It has turned his normal day to day as a lookalike for James Bond baddy Jaws to become more widely know as a very gifted worker of wire.With his astonishing large hands he has bent and shaped a normal sheet of wire into life like animals a few of which can be found on this web site.He has from July 2008 to July 2009 held 3 very successful exhibitions all over the UK.

Gary Tiplady

Richard Nixon:

Bob Marley:

Ivan Lovatt

Ivan Lovatt is a professional sculptor who has been creating sculpture for private collections, corporations and public exhibition for the past 8 years.  Ivan’s work is characterized by his ingenuity and innovation, which motivates him to find new and interesting ways to capture his love of nature and his fascination with humanity.

Ivan initially worked with driftwood and reclaimed timber, which he fashioned into exquisite representations of birds and wildlife.  Ivan received a great deal of publicity and public acclaim for this work and won the Swell Festival People’s Choice in 2004 with his representation of a flightless bird “Running Bird Walking”. 

Ivan’s versatility and adaptability are clearly demonstrated by his return to using chicken wire, a medium that lends itself to the sensitivity and delicacy of his expression.   By layering, twisting and shaping this very ordinary medium Ivan creates both abstract and realistic representations, which are tactile, appealing to the viewer to touch.  As Ivan’s skills developed and evolved he was drawn to figurative work, and Ivan began a series of portraits of famous people which candidly demonstrates his superior level of craftsmanship and attention to detail.  Ivan’s wire work has received many awards and a great deal of media coverage

Ivan Lovatt

The Running Man:

The Walk of Faith

Derek Kinzett

Contemporary Artist & Wire Sculptor Derek Kinzett was born in 1966, and spent his childhood living in Dodington Park, Gloucestershire, a breath taking estate designed and laid out by Capability Brown in 1764.Derek moved with his family to Wiltshire in 1977, and completed his studies in Art & Design at Wiltshire College in 1984.In 2007 he launched 'The Inner Spirit Collection' of hand crafted life size wire sculptures, which has continued to grow in size and content.Described as beyond beautiful, stunning & spiritual, Derek's work has gained recognition and respect for its intricacy and detail, and can be found within private collections throughout the UK, America, Russia, and france.

Derek Kinzett

Stirling Silver wireTwo rabbits

Galvanised wire

Emma Stothard

Emma was born in Kingston-upon Hull, Yorkshire, in the early 70s, and from her early childhood had always shown a keen interest in art, as well as the surrounding countryside, where she would spend time drawing the North Sea...Emma was born in Kingston-upon Hull, Yorkshire, in the early 70s, and from her early childhood had always shown a keen interest in art, as well as the surrounding countryside, where she would spend time drawing the North Sea, Spurn Point and agricultural landscape near the village where she grew up in Holderness, East Yorkshire.Emma went to Southampton in 1991 to do a BA Hons in Fine Art, and from there went on to pursue her passion for willow sculpting, moving to Somerset – where The Somerset Levels are famous for willow - to learn traditional willow weaving and basket making, and the whole process of growing it, coppicing it and bundling it.Emma returned to Yorkshire inspired, and with a car boot full of withies! She began making geese and other small animals such as the British hare. A visit to The Harrogate Flower Show gave her the opportunity to exhibit her sculptures, which created a great deal of interest, and the encouragement she needed to pursue her dream!On return to Yorkshire Emma studied for her PGCE in Secondary Education, Art & Design at Bretton Hall College, Wakefield. She was surrounded by Henry Moore and Elizabeth Frink's work which was a continual inspiration, both for teaching and also the development of her willow sculptures.

Emma Stothard

Barramundi study:

Sulphur crested Cockatoo

Galvanised:wire and enamel

Glenn Doyle

Born in Sydney, Australia in 1951, Doyle has worked for over 40 years as an Engraver, Painter and Sculptor and studied life drawing and painting at various art schools including Julian Ashton's, Sydney. The idea for creating Australian fauna from galvanised wire was developed over many years and is inspired by rural Australia, using the same materials and tools used by outback farmers to build fences. His work now exists in many countries around the world including Japan, The United Kingdom, Europe and North and South America.

Glenn Doyle

Just watching – Life-size Fox:

A Faerie Thorn

Annie Kendall

Annie's Wire Works aims to have a big impact on your environment with a little impact on The Environment. Annie uses reclaimed and waste wire instead of new and works wherever possible outside in daylight with just pliers and wire cutters. Any waste wire produced goes to be recycled.Annie's wire sculptures range from miniature to life size and are pleasingly life like. The very sense of their movement is captured by the delicate balancing of some of them and unique use of the wire allows the use of light as well as the wire to emphasis the reality of the moment.

Annie Kendall

Horse made from recycled wire

Human Portrait

Laura Antebi

Laura J Antebi has travelled the world for artistic inspiration throughout her life; journeying through Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East and the New World. These experiences led to the development of her career as a visual artist. 

Using recycled metals and a variety of metalwork processes, Laura creates unique artworks and sculptural pieces that convey the spiritual essence and spontaneity of the natural world.

“Whether I work in three dimensions or two dimensions my creative process is preoccupied with finding an original and authentic experience of what it means to be 'alive'.

Laura Antebi