Jamie McCartney Sculpture Studios

the sculpture studios of english fine artist jamie mccartney. the influence of his work in the film industry are clearly seen in his sculpture practice today. materials and techniques adopted are used in his assemblage-style work, combining i.e. animal hides, taxidermy, human teeth with sculpted and cast body parts. his interest in the human body has led to some unusual work i.e. actaeon, a man's torso cast in deer hide and the impossibility of passion, the beginnings of his move into what he calls neo-surrealism. other works include after, a cast taken from his dead father, and the soon to be launched great wall of vagina, comprising casts taken from the genitals of 400 different women. this work has attracted interest from around the world during its five years in the making. his last series of works, sexidermy, involved taxidermied animals reworked with sexual overtones. armadildo and pussy cat have earned him as many detractors as enthusiasts. in contrast, is his whimsical objet d'