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Jon Edgar is a British sculptor of the Frink School. Improvisation is an important part of his reductive working process〔http://howtomakeadifference.net/2010/10/jon-edgar/〕 and developed from the additive working process of Alan Thornhill. Final works are often autobiographical, perhaps referencing anxieties or pre-occupations at the time.〔http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9187236.Body_images_at_Russell_Cotes_Art_Gallery/〕〔http://jonedgar.co.uk/Russell%20Cotes%20Interpretation.pdf Interpretation for 'Stripped' Exhibition, Russell Cotes Museum 2011〕 His body of work includes many clay portrait sketches of eminent sitters. ==Biography== Born 1968 in Rustington, West Sussex, the grandson of animator Brian White. He studied at both Exeter University and University of London before attending the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture for two years from 2000, being awarded The Discerning Eye national bursary〔(The Discerning Eye Bursary 2002> )〕 for his studies. The Environment Triptych (2008) features portraits of the independent scientist James Lovelock (who sat in Devon in 2007), moral philosopher Mary Midgley (sitting in Newcastle in 2006) and writer Richard Mabey (sitting in Norfolk in 2007). Entrepreneur and co-founder of Cass Sculpture Foundation Wilfred Cass sat at Goodwood in 2008. In 2009 the first sittings for the Environment Series heads〔http://jonedgar.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/2011-works-the-human-clay-exhibition/〕 took place, marking some of those who have contributed to a potential better future, with Professor Chris Rapley CBE sitting in Fittleworth, West Sussex, Tim Smit CBE in Fowey, Cornwall, Peter Randall-Page and Guy Watson in Devon, Gordon Murray in Surrey and Caroline Lucas in Brighton, East Sussex. In 2010, clay from the parish of Compton, Guildford was used for portraits of potter Mary Wondrausch and former Watts Gallery curator Richard Jefferies both of which became integrated into the Compton Triptych.〔article on The Human Clay exhibition, Surrey Advertiser. 2 December 2011 p.11〕〔http://www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/the_human_clay_jon_edgar.htm〕 Wood from the felled Highgrove Cedar of Lebanon at Highgrove House given by Charles, Prince of Wales has produced three sculptures in 2010 and 2011. 〔http://www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/The%20Human%20Clay%20Exhibition.pdf〕 An interesting stone was discovered by Edgar and identified as an important Roman sculpture in 2012.〔http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8726274〕 Partner of landscape historian Kate Felus. Two sons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Edgar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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