After he had made the Shadowfax sculpture, schoolday memories of a lesson on Eadweard Muybridge came flooding back and this is the first sculpture of a series inspired by that pioneering photographer.

500 mm x 250 mm x 180 mm

After he had made the Shadowfax sculpture, schoolday memories of a lesson on Eadweard Muybridge came flooding back and this is the first sculpture of a series inspired by that pioneering photographer.

500 mm x 250 mm x 180 mm

Alexander the elephant was inspired by a trip to India and is the piece most directly influenced by the work of Calder and his exhibition at Tate Modern.

310 x 270 x 150 mm

Alexander the elephant was inspired by a trip to India and is the piece most directly influenced by the work of Calder and his exhibition at Tate Modern.

310 x 270 x 150 mm

Inspired by memories from his rural childhood and the iconic images of horses in American and ancient cultures and mythology, Spadge has attempted to capture the graceful movement of a fine horse at the trot.

600 x 300 x 200 mm

Inspired by memories from his rural childhood and the iconic images of horses in American and ancient cultures, mythology and folklore, Spadge associates them with freedom, a simpler life and a rejection of the commercial world.

800 x 550 x 200 mm

This was produced as a maquette for a larger commission. Spadge drew from experiences boating on the Thames as a child and more recent trips around the canal network of England to capture the hovering attitude of these beautiful birds.

580 x 560 x 210 mm

This was produced as a maquette for a larger commission. Spadge drew from experiences boating on the Thames as a child and more recent trips around the canal network of England to capture the hovering attitude of these beautiful birds.

580 x 560 x 210 mm

This second Kingfisher was also produced as a maquette for a larger commission. Spadge drew from experiences boating on the Thames as a child and more recent trips around the canal network of England to capture the hovering attitude of these beautiful birds.

560 x 290 x 280 mm

As a fan of these birds that flirtaciously skirt around the local rooftops, Spadge has attempted to capture the movement reflected in the name of these wonderful birds.

700 x 600 x 500 mm

This vaguely figurative sculpture was inspired by Matisse’s Blue Nude some 25 years ago and Spadge made a quick sketch in his notebook at the time, which he referred to when making this.

420 x 280 x 190 mm

This vaguely figurative sculpture was inspired by Matisse’s Blue Nude some 25 years ago and Spadge made a quick sketch in his notebook at the time, which he referred to when making this.

420 x 280 x 190 mm

Spadge Hopkins was the lead creative for “Coda”, the permanent public art memorial to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd at The Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2016. He saw the Calder exhibition at the Tate Modern during the period he was producing all the main ideas and themes for the piece. “Syd” was born the next day! 

630 x 600 x 400 mm

Bee. Essential to us and another fond childhood memory of country gardens. 390 x 240 x 200 mm

Raedwald attempts to convey the atavistic inspirations of Sutton Hoo the Anglo Saxon burial site overlooking the Deben Estuary in Suffolk.

560 x 290 x 280 mm

Part of the Sutton Hoo series produced during a Residency at Letheringham Lodge just a few miles south of the Saxon burial site in Suffolk and used there in a large video and projection instillation in January 2018. 800 x 600 x 300 mm

Produced in June 2018 during the Suffolk Open Studios season, Spadge expanded on the Sutton Hoo theme and increased the scale of his work in this medium.

2100 x 1100 x 800 mm

Observing hares race across frost laden Cotswold fields, the spiritual, mysterious and enchanting nature of these creatures and childhood memories of the treasure hunting book, Masquerade; somehow led Spadge to name this one after a ridiculous TV character from the 1970s! 300 x 280 x 100 mm