JULIE TANNER

Julie’s foray into sculpting came about from a need to express her personal creative flow while she was working as a graphic designer. With time on her hands and compelled to be productive, she took up stone carving… Sourcing free limestone, and borrowing basic tools, Julie very quickly became hooked and was soon taking on commissions.

The move to working in clay came about from the making of maquettes, used as reference to create the stone sculptures. She now carves in stone, and moulds in clay, to produce bronze and resin sculptures.

Julie relishes the challenge of taking a static, solid medium like clay, stone or metal, and imbuing it with personality, movement and a weightlessness that belies the true character of its natural state.

Julie loves the freedom she works in when creating her figurative sculptures, moving the clay however she feels led, balancing tense, taught musculature with elegant poise and movement.