Urban Birdman

Bronze on Brass base 24cm x 23cm x 84cm Inc Funnel Base [Birdman: 24cm x 12cm x 25cm H]

... will he fly ... or will he fall ...

URBAN BIRDMAN is a sad incapable hero. He looks the part. He wants to lead - he wants to fly ... but the chances are he will remain in this posture forever.

He was my first bronze. An adventure in casting, his head was cast directly from a cock pheasant skull. This radical approach is a measure of the spirit of casting that mentor John Huggins imbued.

He is a bird full of anomalies ...