Penny Hardy Sculpture

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Penny Hardy Sculpture Devon

Penny, a self taught sculptor, learns new techniques and methods as each idea develops. She adapts to the demands of each new sculpture and has built a varied and dynamic portfolio throughout her creative career.

Penny originally trained as a Scientific Illustrator enabling her to explore the intricacies and delicate detail of natural forms and structure and the fundamental discipline of observational draughtsmanship. These core skills provided a strong basis on which to explore the natural and human landscape in greater depth. Throughout her training and consequent working life alongside Architects and designers, she developed a deep interest in three dimensional forms and sculpture which has always been at the heart of all her work past and present.

The sense of movement and dynamics within each of Penny’s sculptures provides it with its own life and vitality. Penny tries to capture this in all her pieces, transforming inert materials into sculptures with a visible and tangible energy. There is a richness in discarded man-made metal items, skillfully made and creating their own mechanical energy, she brings that depth to new forms, re-using that energy for a different purpose, transforming their function to create a new and unique entity.

By using discarded metal pieces, skilfully built and used to create their own mechanical energy, I hope to re-use that energy for a different purpose and exchange their function to create a new entity.

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The Kiss sculpture
Penny working on the Blown Away series in her studio
Sketch drawn by Penny Hardy for the Dancer series of sculptures

My Story

All of Penny’s sculptures have a vitality and fundamental energy, with an intrinsic visual interest that she feels people can relate to and enjoy and share the emotion expressed.

Penny has exhibited throughout the UK since her first public exhibition of dance sculptures in 2006, including Hill House Dartington, Beaulieu Palace Gardens, Royal West of England Academy, and The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021. She works on a private commission basis and in recent years has completed commissions for clients throughout Europe and America, and as far as South Africa, Lebanon, and most recently Australia.

Biography

1984 - 1985

Chelsea School of Art, London - Foundation

1988 - 1992

Middlesex Polytechnic, BA Hons Scientific Illustration (Graphics)

1993 - 1996

Freelance illustrator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

1996 - 2010

Part time graphic designer, ADG, Plymouth

1998 - present

Sculptor

Penny Hardy Sculpture - Blown Away
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Penny Hardy Sculpture Devon
Penny Hardy Sculpture - Break Free

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