Clare Tupman, mother of 4, attended the Ruskin school of Fine Art in Oxford. Clare
is a ranged artist who has worked with many forms of media though sculpting has
always been her greatest passion. Originally Clare casted her statues from bronze,
though she quickly felt constrained by the size and cost of the bronze casting
process and looked for other paths to forge her creations. Clare learned to weld
and has developed her own style of sculpting. She creates huge steel frameworks
then cuts and welds small metal shards from sheets of stainless steel, binding
them to form the contours and muscle structures of animals and figures. The final
results are huge, beautiful structures of shimmering steel that seem to have a
life of their own.
Clare's personal style of sculpting has won her the AA award for Best Sculpture
at the Hackwood Art Festival for her critically acclaimed Dolphin Fountain and
she was recently commissioned to create a public sculpture for Somerset County
Council that stands in Yeovil, Somerset.
Clare currently works in her home studio in Somerset and provides free consultation
for discussion of commissions.