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SCULPTING THE FUTURE Sonia Goulding meets Nick Eames – a local sculptor with an ambition to develop a North Wales sculpture trail…
In the stillness of his stone-built studio, the sculptor picks up a piece of kindling wood, feeling its warmth and texture as he slowly turns it over in his hands. Deep in thought, he places it on the windowsill and turns back to his work bench, his gaze intense, his movements quick and assured, as he builds layers of modelling clay onto a wire armature. It is in the shapes of found and natural objects, such as this humble fragment of firewood, that Nick Eames finds his inspiration. His
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work has been shown in public exhibitions and arenas across the UK, and is held in notable private collections, including that of HRH Prince Charles.
to be important in his life: his son, James, is a professional dancer, having graduated from the Northern Ballet School in 2019, and his daughter, Lucy, is soon to graduate from
Growing up in the south of England, Nick
The Hammond School for Performing Arts, in Chester. An
developed an early interest in sculpture,
early sculpture, The Dancer, is on permanent display at the
securing his first commission for the London
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum in Birkenhead.
headquarters of Equitable Life, at the age of just sixteen. His first love, however, was dance,
Following his own graduation from Maidstone College of Art
and having girlfriends in the profession allowed
in 1982, where Anthony Gormley was one of his tutors, Nick
him to develop his interest in anatomy and
ran his own mould making, casting and restoration business
movement by sketching and drawing dancers at
in South London, before moving to Liverpool in 1991, where he
the Royal Ballet in London. The art form continues
worked from a city centre studio whilst also lecturing part-
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