Environment Series

The Environment Series[1][2] Heads developed from the Environment Triptych portrait sculptures by Jon Edgar in 2006. His ongoing series of terracotta clay portraits celebrates those contributing to a sustainable future on Earth. The sculptor observes the sitter on a rotating chair, working over seven or eight hours building up the head on a wooden peg using small pieces of clay.[3] One sitter accounted It is the most intense and prolonged physical scrutiny I have ever had from a friend. For hours on end.[4]

Sitters

References
  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gpnw/university-challenge-christmas-2022-episode-9 BBC TV University Challenge 29.12.22 questions on Environment Series Heads
  2. P.Hall, M.Scott, H. Pheby (2013). Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads - Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture ISBN 978 0 9558675 1 4 (Hesworth Press in association with The Lightbox and Yorkshire Sculpture Park) detail on The Environment Series heads p.39
  3. "Jon Edgar". 18 October 2010.
  4. Mabey, Richard, Turning The Boat For Home - A Life Writing About Nature published Penguin Random House 2019 ISBN 978-0701181086 - an account of the portrait sitting and patination of bronze (Prologue X-XII)
  5. Decadal Blythe, Ronald (2015) Enitharmon Press ISBN 978 1 907587 81 8 frontispiece illustration of portrait head
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