Lance Broderick

Laurence Broderick sculpts primarily with bronze, stone, and silver. He his most famous for his twice life size sculpture of a bull cast out of bronze. In the beginning, Broderick started sculpting in just his free time.  He had just carved an otter, which he was only able to do after a lot of research because until only a few months earlier he had never seen one. He had no idea that the sale of that otter would be the start of a series that would take his work all around the world. 

The Bull, Bronze, 2.2m high, 2003

 The Bull, a six ton bronze sculpture, is one of the largest bronze animal sculptures in the UK and has become a symbol of Birmingham. I really like this piece because it has a presence that is impossible to ignore. Broderick managed to convey the bull’s motion beautifully so that it appears to be turning and lunging at the viewers. I love bronze as the medium for this rather than stone or silver because its tone and sheen emulate the animals rippling muscles, bringing the sculpture to life.

DIVING OTTER MAQUETTE, Bronze, height 34cm,

RECLINING MERMAID, Bronze, length 26cm