The Artist
About Jane Shaw
Jane Shaw is an award-winning British sculptor based in Dorset, UK. She specialises in animal and wildlife sculptures for inside the home, as well as large scale garden pieces. With a passion for capturing the emotion and movement of her subjects, Jane is highly regarded for her unique style of fluid, spontaneous and strong gestural strokes.
Working in wax for her smaller pieces, or clay and scrim and plaster for her larger sculptures, Jane has her work cast in mainly bronze or bronze resin for some larger pieces. Her focus is to capture the inner character and essence of each animal. Often sculpting directly from life, her artistic philosophy embraces the concept that ‘ugly is beautiful, allowing her to bring a raw, immediate statement of feeling to every piece she creates. Her portfolio of work includes life-size lurchers, boxing hares, larger than life running hares to equestrian and domestic animal commissions.
Her love of sculpture began when she was at school in Gloucestershire where she was very fortunate to have a great sculpture teacher, who saved her from the hot-house of academia and has been a great inspiration even to this day! After completing a degree in History of Art at Manchester University, Jane spent her early career with a London firm of Fine Art Valuers and Consultants travelling and living abroad before returning to London to set up and run a recruitment company, which she then sold after a decade.
Since moving to Dorset in 2013, she has dedicated herself fully to her love for sculpture inspired by her life long interest in wildlife, and the outdoors. Her work has earned several prestigious sculpture awards and is exhibited nationally across the UK and in London. Visitors are welcome to view her permanent display of outdoor sculpture at her Dorset studio and garden.
Her message to herself : ‘I must never tire from looking, observing and learning’.
Pricing
Most sculptures can be cast in bronze and bronze resin, two prices are shown for each casting at the “add to basket” section of the website.
Jane’s commissions and small sculptures are only cast in bronze. They start from £4,500 plus VAT upwards depending on the size – prices would be discussed and agreed prior to the start of the commission. Commissions on a larger scale, or outdoor sculptures, can be cast in bronze resin.
Timing
Often sculptures are immediately available, if not bronze resins take up to 28 days and bronzes can take 6-8 weeks.
Commissions take around 4-6 months. This is dependent on Jane Shaw’s workload at the time. Often commissions are for a particular date, every effort would be made to reach the required deadline.
For urgent orders, please contact Jane Shaw directly on 07931 772387.
Bronze v Bronze Resin
Bronze sculpture involves the ‘lost wax process’ – it is highly skilled, complex, time and labour intensive, which causes bronzes to be more expensive. Unlike a bronze resin, each edition is totally unique and there is a depth of colour, which you cant achieve in a resin, and this improves with age. They are much heavier, cold to touch and you can guarantee the sculpture will be around for numerous generations!
Bronze resin sculpture is also known as ‘cold cast bronze’ – its made from a mixture of bronze powder and resin and the casting is faster and less expensive than casting in bronze. The sculpture is lighter but can break more easily (although easily repaired) and the surface will dull over the years but it can sustain being outside for long periods of time.
Shipping
All sculptures are professionally packaged with the greatest care.
Bronze and resin sculptures:
Small sculptures within mainland UK: £60.
Medium sculptures within mainland UK: £90.
Outdoor sculptures within mainland UK: £280.
International shipping – price on application.
Contact us for other delivery options like collection or express.
Contact
For more information on Jane Shaw's existing sculptures or to discuss a commission, contact:
Email: studio@janeshawsculpture.com
Mobile: 07931 772387
Take a look at Jane Shaw's recent commissions.
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