The latest piece to come from my studio is a bronze standing Otter sculpture… called ‘Erik’.
Why ‘Erik’?…
‘Erik’ has been named after my Grandfather, and also the name gives a nod to my recently discovered ancestral VIKING heritage!
How was ‘Erik’ made?…
I made the original wax Otter sculpture completely by hand using traditional sculpting techniques. It was then taken to be moulded and cast in the Cumbrian Lake District.
The Otter Sculpture is now in production as a limited edition of 300 pieces, cast in small batches to order, in four different finishes. Erik is available in cold-cast bronze, iron, and pewter, as well as a metal-rich lacquer bronze with a verdigris patina.
You can watch the first bronze Erik being brought to life in my workshop in this short YouTube clip HERE
The Shetland connection…
I lived on Shetland as a child, where there is still a population of European Otters. The Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary is the only Wildlife sanctuary on Shetland, and they rescue injured and abandoned Otters and seals. They provided invaluable reference material for me during the sculpting of ‘Erik’, and so I’ll be donating an amount to them for every 25 Otter sculptures sold.
This month I will be travelling up to Shetland with two bronze Otter Sculptures, one of which will live at Hillswick.
As a child I played on Shetland’s beautiful ‘Spiggie beach’, and so I managed to incorporate a little bit of Spiggie sand onto the original sculpture’s base, which has been reproduced on each piece. 
I was also given a number of clam fossils by one of my followers, and so these have been incorporated into the sculpture’s base as well.
Please find the listing for the Bronze version of the Otter sculpture in my ‘Just Kirsty Sculpture and Gifts’ shop on the British Craft House. The other versions of ‘Erik’ will be available here very shortly.
Thank you for reading!
Kirsty
