Eve Shepherd
Eve Shepherd MRSS[1] (born 1976)[2] is a British sculptor.
Early life and education
[edit]Shepherd was born in Sheffield in 1976. She started work, aged 17, as an apprentice to sculptor Anthony Bennett, and then joined the production resource company The Scenic Route,[3] with whom she worked from 1992 to 1997, latterly heading their sculpture department.[4] She studied sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2001–2002.[4]
Career
[edit]In 2008, Shepherd was commissioned to create a sculpture of Stephen Hawking for a garden at University of Cambridge,[5] but the project was not completed because of the death of its intended funder.[6]
Her bronze[7] statue of Welsh activist and head teacher Betty Campbell stands in Central Square in Cardiff and was unveiled in 2021. It is said to be "the first statue of a named, real woman in Wales".[8][9][10] The statue, which she won a competition to create, was described as "stunning", "triumphant" and intimate in detail" in Wales Online in 2021.[7]
In 2021, she won the competition to create a sculpture of Emily Williamson, founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, to be erected in Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Didsbury, Manchester, near Williamson's former home.[11] Her sculpture has been described as "striking and truly captivating".[12]
She was elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1996 and of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 2002.[13][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eve Shepherd MRSS". sculptors.org.uk. Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Biography". Eve Shepherd. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Who we are". The Scenic Route. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae". Eve Shepherd. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Underwood, Samuel (7 October 2008). "Brighton sculptor cast for statue of Hawking". The Argus. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Shepherd, Eve. "Stephen Hawking - CODAworx". www.codaworx.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b Hitt, Carolyn (2 October 2021). "Betty Campbell's magnificent monument really is a new dawn for Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Betty Campbell statue sculptor chosen". BBC News. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Betty Campbell: Statue of Welsh black heroine unveiled". BBC News. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Morris, Stephen (29 September 2021). "Wales honours Betty Campbell, country's first black headteacher". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Eve Shepherd". emilywilliamsonstatue.com. 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Britton, Paul (16 November 2021). "Winning design selected for statue in Didsbury of RSPB founder Emily Williamson". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Eve Shepherd MRSS". Society of Portrait Sculptors. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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