Stephen Kettle
| Stephen Kettle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 July 1966  (age 55)Castle Bromwich |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966, in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.[2][3]
Career[]
Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.[3] His best known works include Supermarine Spitfire designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,[4] which was the first statue of its type in the world,[citation needed] and a life size Statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,[5] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.[1]
Personal life[]
Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b "Bletchley Park Unveils Statue Commemorating Alan Turing". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
- ^ Stephen Kettle — The Artist.
- ^ a b "Stephen Kettle: Profile". turnerfinearts.com. Turner Fine Arts. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Fenton, Ben (2005-09-15). "Why have we never honoured man who invented the Spitfire?". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
- ^ TurnerFineArts (11 June 2012). "Stephen Kettle does life size sculpture of Alan Turing 500,000 pieces of slate". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Stephen Kettle". morleyart.co.uk. UK: Morley Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
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