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Supersized Rhino Bust
This huge undertaking is to create a truly massive float display to take part in Bloemenscorso. This is where many small and giant floats alike, festooned with flowers and foliage celebrate Volksfeest in the Netherlands where on Friday 25th and Sat 26th August they parade through the center of Winterswijk to a celebratory audience of 50,000 people. .... yes indeed this weekend.
Mitch contacted me several months ago regarding the project which I couldn't have been more flattered about .... but when I look at the work involved and the progress they have made with it I cannot help but be incredibly humbled by it.
They began with a team of 8 which then grew to 16 and when they now have to decorate and paint the piece they will have up to 120 folks helping out. All I can say is 'wow'. This video is not the finished endeavor and Mitch is sending me pictures of the super large Rhino when it is finally completed and taking part .... but just look at it. 8.5 metres tall and huuuge.
hats of to Mitch and his epic team and all the very best Matt.
LOOKING FORWARD
Dan and I are looking at making two YouTube presentations, one that will feature two pieces and the other with something different, demonstrating a piece that we have been experimenting with and will only be revealed when the presentation itself is finally launched. This has been a fun venture and we look forward to finally showing you what we have been up to.
Following this post I will be uploading pictures of one subject that I have sculpted in it’s original clay phase even though at this point the piece has been developed way further on its journey towards production and manufacture.
Next week I will post up a second piece also in the clay for your perusal and with it hopefully more details regarding specific dates for when Dan and I are looking to launch our YouTube premieres.
At present we are thinking of sometime around mid-September. My apologies for being vague but we still have a lot of work to do …. Oh yes … hehehe.
Giraffe Bust Mini Video
Hello folks ..... My brother Dan has just uploaded another YouTube mini-presentation video and it features the Edge Sculpture Giraffe Bust. Here is the direct link for those who may want to take a look ....
all the very best Matt
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VIRUNGA AND BWINDI
Believe it or not the Mountain Gorilla only remains in a very specific location of Africa. There are incredibly only two populations remaining with one residing on the Virunga volcanic mountains within the Albertine Rift Montane Forests which pass through Rwanda, Uganda and the Congo and the other within Uganda’s Bwindi National Park.
These factors certainly were the inspirations for the names we have chosen for these new additions and we hope you like them ...
‘Virunga‘ our Edge Sculpture Gorilla Bust, is emblazoned in an explosive eruption of mighty volcanic colour to truly rock and shock your abode. A Limited Edition of only 75 pieces.
Next is ‘Bwindi’, our Edge Sculpture Baby Gorilla, a most flamboyant little forest fellow indeed and popping with mountainous punch. A Limited Edition of only 150 pieces, Each piece will have an individual number and will be hand signed by myself with also a signed certificate of authenticity.
Both pieces are now both available to pre-order from your local Edge Sculpture stockist who will be able to order themselves from the trade only website.

Tiger Bust
all the best, Matt

KOALA AND JOEY BUST
all the best, Matt

LION CUB
We also painted the piece in white for the show so will post a picture as soon I we have one .... .
all the best, Matt

WHITE GORILLA
all the best, Matt

RAINBOW PINK CHEMELEON AND AQUA PINK TREE FROG
The Chameleon in Rainbow Pink and the frog in Aqua Pink
all the best, Matt


BLACK HIGHLAND COW BUST
all the best, Matt

Shark - Verdi-Gris
all the best, Matt

Octopus - Verdi-Gris
all the best, Matt

French Bulldog - Tricolore - Limited Edition 100
Here is a new Limited Edition finish for Edge Sculpture French Bulldog proudly boasting the fine colours of “Le drapeau tricolore” or the French tricolour flag.
all the best, Matt

Staffordshire Bull Terrier - Saint George Limited Edition 100
Here is a new Limited Edition finish for the Edge Sculpture Staffordshire Bull terrier. An extremely patriotic English Staffy indeed ....
all the best, Matt

Amethyst Venus
all the best, Matt

Sasha - Amethyst Venus

Hedgehog 'Snowball'
all the very, very best, Matt

HIGHLAND COW BUST
here is the clay prototype for an Edge Sculpture Highland Cow Bust.

AFRICAN TREE FROG
Here is the working clay prototype for an Edge Sculpture African Tree or Reed Frog. This is a piece that I have sculpted that can not only sit by itself as a singular piece but can also be directly placed with the new Chameleon to form a scene of sorts.
This is very much a subject where colour choice is paramount and so has been a pretty tricky piece to develop. So much so that at present we have painted seven different options and I am still struggling with which ones to actually launch. Even the painters can't decide ..... hehehe
What we are in fact going to do is get them all professionally photographed and for the very first time post them up individually on Facebook and gauge reaction .... indeed a poll of sorts. Either way here is the little fellow in the clay.
All the very best Matt


THREE WISE MONKEY’S (CHIMPS!)
Hello folks...
The Three Wise Monkey's or in this case Three Wise or not so Wise Chimp's and of course also great apes .... hehehe.
The new Edge Sculpture Baby Chimpanzee is indeed 'Hear no Evil' and the first piece in this series. I will of course be sculpting the other two in the future and here is an idea of what they may look like.
The two Paper cut out sketches are really there just to demonstrate the series as a whole and may possibly change in terms of pose when I sculpt them.
All the very best Matt
PANDA CUB
Hello Folks,
We are getting very near indeed to the Edge Sculpture launch presentation on YouTube for the Autumn .... in fact we are literally still filming and consuming way too many energy drinks in the process .... hehehe .... however I have up to this point only posted two of the three pieces so here is the third new release.
This is the clay sculpture prototype of a Panda Cub. I actually sculpted this new addition several months ago but because a Panda has such distinctive markings I felt leaving it until we are closer to its fully painted reveal would make more sense ..... it's one of those instances where adding colour makes such a huge difference to the look of a piece ..... hehehe
All the very best Matt

CHAMELEON
All the very best Matt


BABY CHIMPANZEE
Here is the clay sculpture prototype for an Edge Sculpture Baby Chimpanzee.
This is my take on 'Hear No Evil' or rather in this case at least 'Hear a Little' ... hehehe, with the other two Wise Monkeys or in this instance Great Apes , 'See a Little' and 'Speak a Little' coming in the future .... well once I have sculpted them that is .... hehehe.
I also will be sculpting the other two accompanying pieces within a similar vein ....
Matt

HEDGEHOG
I have just finished sculpting an Edge Sculpture Hedgehog for Spring 2021. He are some pictures of the new 'Edgehog' in its clay form, albeit in very much a different season. The piece will also be in far more of a hollow form with the final production release.
all the very best,
Matt

ORANGUTAN BUST
Hello folks.
Here is the clay prototype I have almost completed for an Edge Sculpture Orangutan Head / Bust. This hopefully will be a 2021 release probably from around April.
With the sculpt I wanted to capture an expression of a very soulful and wisdomous 'old man of the woods'. Of course paint / colour will have a huge effect on how the final production piece will look. We will also be doing a YouTube presentation for the Orangutan at some point in the new year.
Scale-wise it goes with the large Gorilla and Chimpanzee busts.
My apologies for the armature protruding from the top hehehe
all the best,
Matt

FRENCH BULLDOG BUST
Hello Folks ....
even though I am almost finished on 2021 Edge Sculpture piece number two I had a chat with the little Frenchie and we both felt some minor tweaks were in order hehehe.
I also used the 'eiffel' setting on my Pixel 3 to create the right mood ....
all the best Matt

SNOWFLAKE
Hello Folks,
With all of the winter flurries of late I thought I would post an appropriate preview of a new colourway we have been thinking about for a while. 'Snowflake' was the world's only existing 'albino' or White Gorilla and my partner Becky thought he would make a smashing companion to our expanding Edge Sculpture 'Born to be Wild' series.
Peggy, as always, has done another marvelous job of bringing him to life with colour and is also incredibly busy working with me on the new additions we are looking at releasing hopefully around mid - March.
We are making this little chap available for our stockists to order very soon indeed from our Trade only website.
all the very best,
Matt

Staffie
Hello Folks ... I have started work on a new Edge Sculpture piece .... however i must say that sometimes early on in the process the clay can fight you and generally misbehave ...... should have expected it with a Staffie hehehe
all the best
Matt
