PATRICIA NORTHCROFT
“Oystercatcher”
Bronze. Edition 14/300 IMAGE
“Barn Owl”
Bronze. Edition 101/300 IMAGE
“Long-tailed Tit”
Bronze. Edition 216/300 IMAGE
“Wren on a Reed”
Bronze. Edition 167/300 IMAGE
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On completing her education, Patricia Northcroft was employed as an
assistant editor with a publishing company where, in particular,
she enjoyed working with material involving birds and other wildlife. It is this experience that she feels she
still draws on today for her sculpture work, together with her love of the
countryside. Patricia has not had formal art college training. She enjoys anything creative and upon
attending a course entitled "The Lost Wax Method of Casting into
Bronze", she found she had a natural feeling for a medium which allows her
a freedom to express movement which is not always possible in other
materials. Her first piece
"Avocet" caused much admiration and since then, encouraged by many
people, she embarked upon a new career as a sculptor. She has now added many small bronzes to compliment "Avocet,
together with larger pieces including "Greylag Geese", "Black
Swan Preening", "Poppies", "Heron" and many more.
Patricia also works in clay and is privileged to have had commissions from Royal Doulton and other
reputable companies, producing mostly figurines for reproduction into
porcelain and some ballet sculptures for commercial reproduction. All
the bronze sculptures of birds have been accepted for inclusion in the Society
of Wildlife Artists' Exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London and work has been shown at
the Contemporary London Art Fairs held at Olympia and Islington and also at
the Bath Arts Festivals. They are to be
found in Art Galleries around the country as well as in London Galleries and
around the world including New Zealand, Hong Kong and the U.S.A. Patricia works
on the pieces herself once they have been cast at the foundry, ensuring that
the finer points are accurate, and then applies the patina by using chemicals
with a blowtorch. The Kingfishers
encouraged her to experiment with the patina and develop a turquoise blue. She then mounts the sculptures onto polished
wooden plinths where appropriate.
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