Where Artist and Artisan meet: Public Sculpture by Steve Winterburn

From authentic memorials to sports legends in key stadiums, to unique and lifelike animal sculptures inspired by his first-hand experiences with wildlife conservation around the world, Steve Winterburn's incredible bronze sculptures feature in public installations, galleries, and collectors' homes across the nation. 

Beside their unbelievable detail and hypnotising sense of movement, the attraction of Steve's sculptures lies in their fusion of the artist and artisan. This can be seen in his founding of Yorkshire Fine Arts where Steve, and the rest of his amazing family, call upon thousand-year-old techniques of bronze foundrymen to create and reproduce his spectacular sculptures. While most artists traditionally form their sculptures out of clay and then send them to a separate bronze foundry to be cast, Steve sees his sculptures from concept to completion by his own hand, all at his family-run foundry. From the initial sketch and armature, to the powerful bronze pour and adding of patina, every sculpture is meticulously produced under Steve’s singular eye. The result is a series of meticulous sculptures that are authentic to the artist's vision and dynamic representations of the long history of bronze. 

The artist's vast success can be felt through the numerous national public installations that showcase his sculpture; from Wembley Stadium to Monkey World: Ape Rescue Centre; learn more about these below.