woman and fish
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The sculpture "Woman and Fish" by Frank Dobson, placed originally in Cephas Street, junction with Cambridge Heath Road by the London County Council in 1963, provided drinking water until vandals smashed it in 1977. Later, 1979 it was beheaded and removed for restoration in 1983 to be returned in 1985. Finally it was totally destroyed in 2002 and it's remains whent to the skip. In December 2006 I was approached with the reproduction project by Tower Hamlets Art Department.
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the information supplied and after learning about Frank Dobson's body
of work and style, and thanks to being able to study the artist
modelling technique and textures on the piece "London Pride" in the
South Bank area, cast in bronze in 1951 for the "Festival of
Britain" , I was able to reproduce "Woman and Fish" to the satisfaction
of Tower Hamlets Art Department and the "Frank Dobson Estate". |
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| The above reproduction of "Woman and
Fish" was the result of work in my studio and the piece used for
the production of a silicon rubber mould by Bronze Age art foundry in
order to enable the casting of the piece in bronze. This original
plaster can be viewed at the Brady Arts Centre in Tower Hamlets. Once it was cast in bronze and patinated by Bronze Age the piece was installed in Millwall Park in Tower Hamlets, just beside Island Gardens DLR Station were, hopefully, it will have a much more peaceful life than the original by Frank Dobson did.  If you have a restoration project or a piece that you would like to repair or reproduce and would like to discuss it, please do not hesitate to contact me using the e-mail form or the phone number you will find in the following link: contact . |
