Happy New Year from us all
Wishing everyone exciting and successful new opportunities for 2025.
OPPORTUNITY SELDOM KNOCKS TWICE
Hopton Wood Limestone Carving
Trevor Clarke
Opportunity seldom knocks twice, 2008
Hopton Wood Limestone
99 x 45 x 33 cm
39 x 19 x 13 in.
£ 2,800
Trevor Clarke (b.1971) is a sculptor and letter-carver based near Stourbridge in the West Midlands. His letter-form work often draws upon existing texts and quotations which he carves into stone. He also works with slate, granite, wood, bronze, steel and ceramic.
Clarke studied at the University of Wolverhampton, going on to achieve a master's degree in Fine Art, concentrating on sculpture. Clarke has been carving letters and making sculpture since 2006, both producing his own work and working as an assistant to John Neilson, Gary Breeze and Peter Randall-Page amongst others. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, teaching bronze casting and stone carving.
The 2008 winner of the Sandvik Award for Excellence in Sculpture, Clarke has also worked on numerous major public art projects throughout the UK including the V&A grand entrance Donor Recognition Scheme, ‘Timeline Serpentine Path’, Durlston Country Park, Swanage and ‘Barry Poem’, Barry, South Wales.
Roche Court Sculpture Park has always been interested in letter-cutting, and this example of Trevor Clarke's work states the long-held motto of our sculpture park. This work can be sited both indoors and outdoors, and can be an important part of a family life.
