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Hilary Cartmel (born 1958) is an English sculptor. She has created many public sculptures by commission, which stand in locations in Britain.


Life

Cartmel, born in
Wendover Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and Aylesbury intersects with the once important road a ...
in Buckinghamshire, studied at
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from 1976 to 1977 and at
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in Nottingham from 1977 to 1980. She has held residencies including Carlton Hayes Hospital and
Grizedale Arts Grizedale Arts is a contemporary arts residency and commissioning agency sited in Grizedale Forest in the central Lake District in rural Northern England. It conducts cultural projects locally, nationally and internationally from its bases at Law ...
; she has exhibited studio work since 1980, and has held solo exhibitions."Hilary Cartmel"
Art UK Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 220,000 paintings by more than 40,000 artists and is now expanding the digital collection t ...
. Retrieved 16 January 2024.


Works

Cartmel's works include the following: "Tradescant Family Memorial", in
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, was commissioned by Public Art Development, Albert Square, and St Stephen's Residence Association. The sculpture of stone and steel, height , represents a vase of flowers, to commemorate the plant collectors the Tradescant family. It was unveiled by
David Bellamy David James Bellamy (18 January 1933 – 11 December 2019) was an English botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner. Early and personal life Bellamy was born in London to parents Winifred May (née Green) and Thoma ...
on 12 June 1988. "Solidarity", of 1999, is in Spital Lane in
Chesterfield, Derbyshire Chesterfield is a market town and unparished area in the Borough of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, north of Derby and south of Sheffield at the confluence of the River Rother and River Hipper. In 2011 the built-up-area subdivision had a p ...
. It was commissioned by Chesterfield Borough Council. Figures made from steel plate are in the form of silhouettes. The artist worked with GCSE students from Hasland Hall Community School, to make a contemporary image based on Botticelli's '' Three Graces''. "The Chorus Line", of 1999, is situated at the corner of Maid Marion Way and Park Row in
Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
; it was commissioned by Nottingham City Council. It is a steel sculpture of dancing figures, designed as a signpost to local theatres. "Henry Pease (1807–1881)", installed in 2002 on Marine Parade in
Saltburn-by-the-Sea Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, around south-east of Hartlepool and southeast of Redcar. It lies within the historic boundaries of the North Ridi ...
, North Yorkshire, wa commissioned by the New Saltburn Improvement Company. It is a statue by Cartmel and Michael Johnson, made from scrap metal, of Saltburn's founder Henry Pease. "Echo", installed in 2009 in
Caldecott Park Caldecott Park is an urban park located in the centre of Rugby, England. Most of the land was purchased by the Rugby Urban District Council in 1903 from Thomas Caldecott, the last lord of the manor. There was additional land purchased to the nor ...
,
Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon. In the 2021 census its population was 78,125, making it the second-largest town in Warwickshire. It is the main settlement within the larger Borough of Rugby whi ...
, is a sculpture of stainless steel, bromze and cast glass, height , of a young man blowing into a tuba. It was commissioned by Rugby City Council, to replace a sculpture melted for the war effort. The artist has said that "it attempts to subvert the miserable life that the character is allotted in the Greek myth... in this case trying to blow notes from an enormous tuba"."Echo"
Art UK. Retrieved 16 January 2024.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lomax, Tom 1958 births Living people People from Wendover 20th-century English sculptors 21st-century English sculptors Alumni of Nottingham Trent University