Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966 in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.[1][2]
Stephen Kettle | |
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Born | 12 July 1966 Castle Bromwich |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Career edit
Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.[2] His best known works include a statue of the Supermarine Spitfire's designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,[4] which was the first statue of its type in the world,[citation needed] and a life-size statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,[5] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.[3]
Besides the statues of Turing and Mitchell, other notable works by Kettle include portrait busts of the following:
- George Zambellas, first sea lord at RNAS Yeovilton
- Winston Churchill in Buckingham Palace
- Frederick Barclay at the London Ritz
- Donald Gosling
- Ronald Hobson
- A double portrait of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the grounds of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
Personal life edit
Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.[6]
References edit
- ^ Stephen Kettle — The Artist.
- ^ a b "Stephen Kettle: Profile". turnerfinearts.com. Turner Fine Arts. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Bletchley Park Unveils Statue Commemorating Alan Turing". Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (15 September 2005). "Why have we never honoured man who invented the Spitfire?". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
- ^ TurnerFineArts (11 June 2012). "Stephen Kettle does life size sculpture of Alan Turing 500,000 pieces of slate". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Stephen Kettle". morleyart.co.uk. UK: Morley Contemporary Art. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
External links edit
- Media related to Stephen Kettle at Wikimedia Commons