Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Work in Progress

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Created the Sherlock Holmes characters. David was commissioned by Crowborough County Council, England to sculpt a Life size Bronze statue of the author. This sculpture has now been completed and was recently erected in Crowborough, England. The statue was unveiled on Saturday 14th April 2001 by Georgina Doyle one of five surviving relatives who were all at the unveiling. A bugle fanfare was given by The Light Infantry from Winchester where the Doyle family has historic connections.

On this page we take you behind the scenes so you can see the artist working on this project and follow his progress from the initial model or Maquette stage, building the Armature, Clay, Mould, Lost Wax stage, through to Casting, and Erecting the finished work and the unveiling ceremony.

		Maquette stage
		David made this maquette or model in bronze to help him create the life size figure.The maquette is available in a limited edition through Crowborough Town Council or The Conan Doyle Society in the U.K.
		Armature stage, started on April 27th 2000.
		Steel framework armature of the body with the artist. The head is being created separately.
		Metal gauze is added to the steel frame and it's ready to be filled with foam.
		Armature of the head this also has a steel framework but it has now been filled with foam. The pegs sticking out act as a reference showing the artist how far to build out with the clay. Measurements are taken from photographs of the author and from the maquette (shown). Please click here to go to the Clay stage