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Peter Randall-Page - studio

May 23rd, 2008

There’s a saying that if you keep chipping away at things long enough, you get some great sculpture, or something like that. We got in touch with supreme chipper, or renowned sculptor, Peter Randall-Page to find out about his workshop.

Why? Well, Peter will be giving a talk with Chris Chapman on May 31, at the Appledore Arts Festival, followed by a show Granite Song at the Burton Gallery (June 14 - July 16), Bideford. He will also be teaching on the Dartmoor Arts Project in July (July 26 - August 2).

“I have three very different areas to my studio: the office for all the paperwork, the maquette studio where I draw and make models and this, the barn, where the large scale work is done.

There is always sculpture in various stages of development, at the back are finished sculptures waiting for delivery to shows and clients. In the middle, works in progress and at the front, rough stone waiting to be dealt with.

I have a team of assistants who help me realise my sculpture. At the moment they are working away on a large commission for the Jerwood Foundation leaving me the luxury of solitude. I find the process of drawing and carving stimulates ideas and often leads on to the next piece.

Of course all kinds of commitments encroach on my studio time but this makes me value it all the more.”

• Peter Randall-Page is teaching on the Pattern & Structure course and visiting lecturer on the Stone Carving course at the 2008 Dartmoor Arts Project Summer School - Saturday July 26 to Saturday August 2. For details of courses and how to book visit the Dartmoor Arts Project website

• For further details about these and other projects visit Peter Randall-Page’s website

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