Pinch and Tuck

Pinch and Tuck

Pinch and Tuck

By: Peter Randall-Page, 2009
Medium: cast bronze
Size: 55 x 39 x 35mm
Cast by: Pangolin Editions
Issue: The Medal, no 55 (Autumn 2009)
Edition: 37

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Peter Randall-Page (b. 1954) is one of the most eminent sculptors working in Britain today. His works can be found in public spaces in many locations and in public and private collections world-wide. Organic forms and the way we react with them have always been key elements of Randall-Page’s art. His enormous seventy-tonne granite Seed forms the centre-piece of the Core at Cornwall’s Eden Project, a building he helped design during his time as sculptor in residence. Those BAMS members who attended the society’s Newcastle conference in 2008 will remember not only Randall-Page’s fascinating talk (summarised in Henry Flynn’s account of the conference in The Medal, 53 (2008), p. 59) but also his massive granite Give and Take of 2003; installed in the centre of the city’s Trinity Gardens in 2005, this monumental stone-carving went on to win the 2006 Marsh Award for Public Sculpture. Similarly, those planning to attend the society’s conference in Cardiff on 23-25 April should look out for his Mind’s Eye, a commission from Cardiff University’s Department of Psychology prominently situated on one of the main routes into the city. A major exhibition of Randall-Page’s work is currently on show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (until January 2010). Randall-Page also works on a small scale. About his BAMS medal, the artist writes: ‘The original was made in wax, working quickly, folding and pinching the warmed material in a series of symmetrical movements using the fingers and thumbs of both hands. I made quite a large number of these wax objects, selecting the one I found most satisfying for the medal.’