Sculpture In Stone | London | Edgar Ward

Edgar Ward

sculptor and stone carver

As part of a restoration project on Southwark Cathedral, there was the opportunity to submit ideas for new portraits on the eroded corbel stones. My model for a portrait of hero police officer Wayne Marques was chosen for the building. Wayne Marques fought the terrorists in the London Bridge attack in June 2017 and survived multiple stab wounds. I carved the portrait in woodkirk sandstone from photographs taken during a meeting with Wayne. It was unveiled at the 1-year anniversary of the attack prior to installation.
Photo by Aidan CK

Relief panel of Samson and the Lion, designed in the Romanesque style. I modelled this scene in clay before carving it, trying to create a dense, energetic composition full of movement and detail. Samson sits atop the lion, grappling with its jaws. He is flanked by desert animals and foliage, and in the tangled roots beneath his feet is another scene depicting a bear hunt. This sculpture is carved in Caen limestone.

'The Second Coming' WB Yeats Inscription

This work was designed and drawn on paper, then transferred and carved into stone using a hammer and chisel. It features the first two lines of ‘The Second Coming,’ a poem written at the end of World War I about the new era in human history that was born out of the unprecedented chaos and violence. I illustrated the inscription with sunken relief carvings of a falcon and a scarab. The scarab beetle was a symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt.

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