Making the 1% in New Zealand with Ben C. Pearce

Today on the show, Lucy Branch speaks to Ben C. Pearce, a New Zealand sculptor working in Corten steel and bronze whose work blurs geological form with the trace of the human figure.

Ben discusses what the life of being a professional sculptor is like in New Zealand, from his tactile childhood that set the foundation for his practice, he traces the journey from art school to becoming one of a rare few who have built a genuinely full-time sculptural career, and reflects on why he made a promise to himself the day he left university: he would not stop making.

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This podcast is created by Antique Bronze https://antiquebronze.co.uk

🎨 Artwork Credit The sculpture featured in our podcast artwork is Pegasus and Bellerophon by Amy Goodman https://amygoodman.co.uk/

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📚 Books By Lucy Branch

Non-Fiction

Wax On Wax Off: How To Care For Bronze Sculpture

https://books2read.com/u/3nqv6o

Bronze Behaving Badly: Principles of Bronze Conservationhttps://books2read.com/u/3kAjNO

Fiction

A Rarer Gift Than Gold

https://books2read.com/u/brGBDe

Rust Upon My Soul

https://books2read.com/u/m0g6qJ

Restoration Murder

https://books2read.com/u/brPenz

Lady Laura's Way

https://books2read.com/u/mVGXQM