The Fisherman — bronze sculpture

A figure stands on a heavy, cracked block, holding a great fish across outstretched arms — a catch wider than the man himself. The silhouette is compact and simplified, stripped of unnecessary detail, so all the attention falls on the gesture itself: proud, ceremonial, almost ritual. There is an archaic stillness to the piece, as though it were an object recovered after centuries. The sculpture is handmade: cast in bronze using the lost-wax technique, then hand-worked and hand-patinated.

This is handcrafted work with an exceptionally rich texture — the rough, cracked and furrowed surfaces of the figure, the fish and the block all come from modelling by hand, and the cool patina in tones of grey, green and blue settles differently on every casting, so no two pieces are alike. The sculpture stands on its own stable block and needs no additional plinth, displaying well on a sideboard, desk, shelf or windowsill. A strong, characterful piece for collectors of figurative sculpture, and a fitting gift for an angler or a lover of the sea.