Jon Edgar

Jon Edgar is a British artist born in West Sussex in 1968, the grandson of British cartoonist Brian White. He studied at both Exeter University and University of London before attending the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture for two years from 2000, being awarded The Discerning Eye national bursary [ [http://www.discerningeye.org/bursaries/intro/intro.htm The Discerning Eye Bursary 2002>] ] for his studies. He direct-carves in wood and stone and works in clay.

Portraits of Antarctic explorer and broadcaster Duncan Carse exist in public collections in South Georgia Museum, South Atlantic and at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, UK.

Responses - Carvings and Claywork (2008) [cite book|last=authors|first=various|title=Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008|year=2008|publisher=Hesworth Press|location=UK|isbn=978-0-9558675-0-7] has a foreword by Sir Roy Strong and features other terracotta portraits of eminent sitters who all sat for Edgar including sculptors Alan Thornhill and Ken Ford, historian Sir Roy Strong, conservationist Lady Philippa Scott (widow of Sir Peter Scott), entrepreneur Stuart Wheeler, industrialist Sir John Harvey-Jones and songwriter and musician Stephen Duffy.

The Environment Triptych (2007) features portraits of the independent scientist James Lovelock (who sat in Devon in 2007), moral philosopher Mary Midgley (sitting in Newcastle in 2006) and writer Richard Mabey (sitting in Norfolk in 2007). Entrepreneur and co-founder of Cass Sculpture Foundation Wilfred Cass sat at Goodwood in 2008.

The documentary film on sculptor Alan Thornhill; Spirit in Mass - Journey into Sculpture [ [http://www.alanthornhill.co.uk/Spirit%20in%20Mass%20film.htm Film: Spirit in Mass - Journey into Sculpture (2007)] ] , which was produced in 2007 with funding from Screen South and UK Film Council, features former students of the Frink School, including Edgar talking about Thornhill's influence on his own work.

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External links

* [http://www.jonedgar.co.uk illustrated web archive]
* [http://www.onformsculpture.co.uk Asthall Manor: showcase for sculptors in stone]
* [http://www.herbsociety.org.uk/gardenplan_cen.htm permanent sculpture centrepiece of the National Garden of the Herb Society]