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'''Stephen Kettle''' (born 12 July 1966 |
'''Stephen Kettle''' (born 12 July 1966 in [[Castle Bromwich]], [[Warwickshire]], [[England]]) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with [[slate]].<ref>[http://www.stephenkettle.co.uk/artist.html Stephen Kettle — The Artist].</ref><ref name="turnerfinearts">{{cite web| url=http://www.turnerfinearts.com/art/stephen-kettle | title=Stephen Kettle: Profile | website=turnerfinearts.com | publisher=Turner Fine Arts | accessdate=15 March 2016 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.<ref name="turnerfinearts" /> His best known works include a statue of the [[Supermarine Spitfire]]'s designer [[R. J. Mitchell]], commissioned for the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] in London,<ref name="thetimes">{{cite web| title= Why have we never honoured man who invented the Spitfire? |first=Ben |last=Fenton |date=2005-09-15 |accessdate=2007-06-30 |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |website=telegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2005/09/15/nspit15.xml}}</ref> which was the first statue of its type in the world,{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} and a life-size [[statue of Alan Turing, Bletchley Park|statue of Alan Turing]], the founder of [[computer science]] and [[Enigma machine|Enigma]] codebreaker,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my-WlNOlQV4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/my-WlNOlQV4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=Stephen Kettle does life size sculpture of Alan Turing 500,000 pieces of slate | author=TurnerFineArts | website=[[YouTube]] | date=11 June 2012 | accessdate=15 March 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> commissioned by the American philanthropist [[Sidney Frank]] for [[Bletchley Park]] in [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="bletchley">{{cite web | title=Bletchley Park Unveils Statue Commemorating Alan Turing | url=http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/454075 | accessdate=2007-06-30 | archive-date=2007-06-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630083823/http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/454075 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[File:Kettles stacked slate sculpture.jpg|thumb|Sculpture by Kettle of [[King Charles III]] and [[Queen Camilla]] at [[Highgrove House]]]] |
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Revision as of 18:40, 26 August 2023
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 Kettle with his sculpture of Sir Donald Gosling and Sir Ronald Hobson, founders of NCP car parks | |
| Born | 12 July 1966  Castle Bromwich |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966 in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.[1][2]
Career
Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.[2] His best known works include a statue of the Supermarine Spitfire's designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,[4] which was the first statue of its type in the world,[citation needed] and a life-size statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,[5] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.[3]
Besides the statues of Turing and Mitchell, other notable works by Kettle include portrait busts of the following:
- George Zambellas, first sea lord at RNAS Yeovilton
- Winston Churchill in Buckingham Palace
- Frederick Barclay at the London Ritz
- Donald Gosling
- Ronald Hobson
- A double portrait of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the grounds of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
Personal life
Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.[6]
References
- ^ Stephen Kettle — The Artist.
- ^ a b "Stephen Kettle: Profile". turnerfinearts.com. Turner Fine Arts. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Bletchley Park Unveils Statue Commemorating Alan Turing". Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (15 September 2005). "Why have we never honoured man who invented the Spitfire?". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- ^ TurnerFineArts (11 June 2012). "Stephen Kettle does life size sculpture of Alan Turing 500,000 pieces of slate". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Stephen Kettle". morleyart.co.uk. UK: Morley Contemporary Art. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
External links
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