About The Artist
Jamie McCartney is a multi-award winning sculptor and the UK's leading lifecasting artist. He first started casting parts of his face and hands in wax over twenty years ago, whilst studying for his fine art degree. It was through working as a sculptor on feature films, though, that Jamie really developed his techniques.
Jamie brought these film processes back into his sculpture studio. People became really intrigued by the speed and accuracy of what he was doing and Jamie realised that he was onto something big. He has kept developing his techniques and his own unique style.
In addition to making casts of his clients, Jamie uses the process to create his Neo Surrealist sculptures, such as the award winning Impossibility of Passion. Also achieving great things in the erotic art arena, Jamie was awarded the 2006 Erotic Signature sculpture prize for The Spice of LIfe, which features in the glossy coffee table book, The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol 1 and looks set for iconic status. April 2007 saw the opening in the West End of Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships, which features this and six more of Jamie’s sculptures on permanent display. His stock, as they say, is rising…
An established artist, Jamie has exhibited in many individual and group shows and manages to juggle several artistic directions. He may be flavour of the month in erotic art circles, but his sweep is much broader than that. "I work with a lot of processes and like to keep it that way. I love to experiment in the studio and see what comes of it". Always evolving and developing new processes as he goes, Jamie's eclectic artworks are becoming something of a trademark.
For more information and to see Jamie's other artwork visit his personal website... www.jamiemccartney.com.
