Sean Hedges-Quinn is a
British
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sculptor,
animator
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,
and film model and
prop-maker.
Life
Hedges-Quinn was born in
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
in April 1968. After graduating from the
University of Hertfordshire
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, Hedges-Quinn worked in the film industry as a model-maker, prop-master and sculptor. His first role was as a prop-maker on
''The Borrowers'' in 1996 before he was taken on by
Jim Henson
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets and '' Fraggle Rock'' (1983–1987) and ...
's
creature shop
Jim Henson's Creature Shop is a special/visual effects company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The company is based out of Burbank, California, United States.
History
Jim Henson's Creature Shop was originally ...
in London.
He has worked for films such as the 1997 version of
''Lost in Space'',
''Reign of Fire'',
''The Hours'',
''V for Vendetta'',
''The Phantom of the Opera'',
''12 Monkeys'' and as senior
prosthetic
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technician on
''Clash of the Titans''.
He has been commissioned to produce statues for several notable
footballers
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including
Bobby Robson
Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English footballer and football manager. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich ...
,
Alf Ramsey
Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager fr ...
,
Ted Bates,
Bob Stokoe
Robert Stokoe (21 September 1930 – 1 February 2004) was an English footballer and manager who was able, almost uniquely, to transcend the traditional north-east animosity between the region's footballing rivals, Newcastle United and Sunderlan ...
,
Nat Lofthouse
Nathaniel Lofthouse (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, scoring 30 goals, with o ...
and
Kevin Beattie
Thomas Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English footballer. Born into poverty, he played at both professional and international levels, mostly as a centre-half. He spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswic ...
. He has also created statues of ''
Dad's Army
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s
Captain Mainwaring
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2016 movie he is played by Toby Jones and in the 2019 remake of three missing episodes he is p ...
and in 2018,
a statue of the suffragette
Alice Hawkins
Alice Hawkins ( Stafford, 1863 – Leicester, 1946) was a leading English suffragette among the boot and shoe machinists of Leicester. She went to prison five times for acts committed as part of the Women’s Social and Political Union milit ...
which was unveiled in Leicester.
Personal life
Hedges-Quinn works from a studio in
Great Bricett near
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
,
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
.
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Living people
British sculptors
British male sculptors
Alumni of the University of Hertfordshire
The Jim Henson Company people
Special effects people
Artists from Ipswich
Modern sculptors
Year of birth missing (living people)