Skelemental Alongside an enviable reputation for fine quality, handmade swords and knives, Raven Armoury is also known for unique sculpture work in Steel, Bronze and Silver. SKELEMENTAL represents the sculpture aspect of Raven Armoury. We create skulls and skeletons in all manner of sizes and poses, some are unique pieces and others are produced as […]
Sullen Contemplation This is a unique sculpture, a full size human skeleton lost-wax cast in 316 stainless steel. He was comissioned by a private client who was interested in the stance of one of our earlier pieces – Father to Son. He has been positioned on two wine crates and is clearly contemplating his life
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Eyepod This was my first full-size bronze skeleton. A unique sculpture in homage to the birth of the iPod and its hugely talented British designer, Sir Jonathan ‘Jony’ Ive. I called him ‘Empathy’ (MP3). He attracted a lot of interest, even appearing on one of the first-generation iPod skins. He is listening to a custom
The Skullery The skull motif has been used by cultures around the world for centuries. Whether to commemorate the dead, confront our own mortality or celebrate life, the human skull is a powerful and evocative symbol. From Andy Warhol to Vincent Van Gogh, Philippe Pasqua to Alexander McQueen, the human skull has featured prominently in
Ray Harryhausen’s Talos Talos Awakes Talos is kneeling on the plinth, head turned, as he was when he first came to life in the 1963 cult classic film Jason and the Argonauts. Ray had started work on this sculpture in the 1990s; he had made the plinth for Talos to kneel on but had not
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Life’s a Gas A reflection of the way we treat our world. The wanton disregard for the well being of our planet has left wide areas polluted and poisoned. Around the drum we have sketched out the continents in blisters and stains with mankind sitting on top, his bones melting. The figure represents humanity breathing
Ray Harryhausen – Children of the Hydra Limited Edition Sculptures Simon first met Ray Harryhausen several years before work began on Talos Awakes, after he had been commissioned to make a sculpture of the Children of the Hydra. A diorama of seven miniature bronze skeletons set on a base of 2000 year old oak. Ray
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Tornado GR4 – Limited Edition Steel Sculptures Our sculpture of a Tornado GR4 is cast in steel which has been smelted from decommissioned Tornado Mauser cannons. We worked on this project with RAF Tornado GR4 aircrew, RAF Marham. The image of the “Fully Loaded” version is shown alongside an 18kg 27mm Mauser cannon breech. This
The Madness A bronze skeleton bust tearing his head apart. Initially I made this piece to illustrate the agony of a cluster headache, but I have found that the emotions emanating from him have a broader resonance. It may be the pain of a migraine but it could equally be reaching the end of one’s
Father to Son Full size bronze skeleton holding a silvered bronze child’s skull. Throughout history, artists have used the beauty and mystery of the human skeleton to explore universal themes of mortality, life and the human condition. For some it is a reminder of the transient nature of life, for others it acts as a
