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Short-listed (after being long-listed...) Sculptor
Laury Dizengremel
Lifesize Sculpture
Commemorative
Statue
of Emily
Williamson
For
Didsbury, Midlands
A commission of a lifesize sculpture for Didsbury
(Bronze maquette by Laury Dizengremel shown below)
I was approached in the autumn of 2020 by Andrew Simcock who previously
led a campaign to erect a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in
Manchester. Andrew had found me as the sculptor for the Virginia Woolf statue campaign in the context of the media coverage of Maggi Hambling's tribute to Mary Wollestonecraft.
Whilst Andrew was also offering Hazel Reeves (who created that wonderful
Pankhurst statue) the opportunity to make a proposal for an Emily
Williamson statue, he and others on the
committee wanted to ensure a wide variety of interpretations
were obtained from which to select first a long-list of 12 sculptors
and later on a short-list of 4 sculptors.
I was honoured to be on the long-list - and even more honoured to then
be short-listed for this commission. I have it at heart to help
redress the imbalance between statuary of men versus women worldwide as
it is truly skewed. Emily Williamson was an amazing woman who deserves
a lasting tribute.
Fast forward to February 2021... Survey Monkey contributors to the short-list poll chose my proposal for the short-list.
The committee will soon settle on the sculptor who wins the most votes and most
faithfully / dynamically represented Emily Williamson.
My proposal started out as a very rough maquette in oil clay, shown below, created associatively with another sculptor friend who prefers to remain anonymous. (As I was having temporary hand problems, I did the research & designed the composition, she did the actual clay work with my regular input).
This maquette was then further refined by me (face, dress, folds, hands,etc.) when I was
short-listed into the final group of four. You can vote for your favourite out of the 4 proposals here: Vote here on the Emily WILIAMSON STATUE CAMPAIGN PAGE
The committee has expressed
their desire to have me cast the statue in England if I am selected,
and I will therefore be using the same foundry which cast my statue of
Ken Jones.
Oil clay - very rough
proposal is shown above and below
(This is merely a sketch in clay showing my basic concept
The exact likeness has not yet been detailed but will be if I am short-listed).
I am available for any collector intent on commissioning a sculpture or
statuary for either indoor or outdoor locations.
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