Pilgrim Pig 1, with stones. Pilgrim Pigs Vessels, 2025. Bronze, silver, copper. L60 x H50 x D22mm.

Pilgrim Pig 2, with cloche. Pilgrim Pigs Vessels, 2025. Bronze, silver, copper. L60 x H50 x D20mm.

Pilgrim Pig 3, with sticks. Pilgrim Pigs Vessels, 2025. Bronze, silver, copper. L60 x H48 x D22mm.

Pilgrim Pig 4, with sack. Pilgrim Pigs Vessels, 2025. Bronze, silver, copper. L58 x H47 x D21mm

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"I'd been looking a books of Chinese and Scythian bronzes and loved the depiction of domestic animals adorning vessels and/or becoming the vessel. The casting technique are also fascinating. I like a technical challenge and enjoyed working out how to make small scale hollow bronzes. I modelled a cow, a pig and a horse in modelling clay, I then made some silcone moulds, then poured wax in and out to create a wax shell. These were cast in bronze. Later I added the compartments and saddle etc. My ponderings were on displaced people and new immigrants, what it must be like to have all you own on the back of and animal and set off into a new and often hostile world. The loads are reminiscent of the three little pigs and their building materials of sticks and stones. Also love hidden compartments."

Tania Patterson

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