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Welcome to
Ian G Brennan Sculptor and Woodcarver to the British Royal Household
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Explores a selection of the diverse bronze sculpture and wood carvings that sculptor Ian G Brennan has produced during the past twenty years. Ian's detailed both realistic and heraldic bas-relief carvings and three dimensional woodcarvings and bronze sculptures can be found in Museums, Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey, Government Buildings, Churches, Company receptions and many private art collections all over the World.
Sleeping Leopard - Leaping Panther - Swimming Otter - Swan with Cygnets
20 inches (51cm) high - 45 inches (115cm) long - 43 inches ( 119cm) high - 27 inches ( 69cm) high
All four bronze sculptures were originally carved from a single piece of English walnut or lime wood, moulded and then cast in bronze.
Ian G Brennan first became a professional wood carver in 1984 and in 1996 began producing his sculpture in bronze initially using his original wood carvings as the master copy for his bronzes. Ian's first exhibition was in Mayfair, London and later he began exhibiting his realistic wood carvings and bronze sculpture widely throughout the UK. During the past decade however as commissions increasingly took up most of his time, these art exhibitions have virtually stopped and as Ian works mostly to commission these showings of his work in galleries are today a rather rare event.
Although Ian now rarely exhibits in art galleries, throughout his career he has still put together a rather unique collection of woodcarvings and bronze sculptures and nowadays Ian's one man exhibitions have been almost exclusively set in the somewhat more formal surroundings, which have included Museums; The Queens Room on-board the Cunard Liner the QE2; Burlington House, Home of the Royal Academy of Arts and also Ian was recently invited to exhibit his wood carvings and bronze sculpture within the historic setting of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
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Ian G Brennan's sculpture of a Knight celebrating at tournament
(master copy in progress for a bronze sculpture 21 inches high)
In 1989 Ian was appointed the 'Sculptor to the Most Noble Order of the Garter and Honourable Order of the Bath' and since that date spends on average four months of each year working exclusively on a wide variety of woodcarvings and bronze sculpture for the British Royal Household.
To date Ian has received over 85 commissions from the Royal Household with many of these sculptures now in Windsor Castle. As well as these commissions for the British Royal Family, there have also been a variety of commissions for other foreign Royal Families including HM King Juan Carlos of Spain, HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, HM King Harald of Norway and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan.
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HMS Victory HMS Victory sculpture and print
Nelson's Flagships history and restoration carved in full sail from original HMS Victory oak
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Bas-relief carving for St Mary's Church, Warsash, Hampshire.
( 7 feet high X 10 feet wide )
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Sculptor Ian G Brennan's latest carved and gilded Crowns and Crests for the most recent Royal Knights to be awarded the highest and oldest Order of Chivalry, the Most Noble Order of the Garter. These two almost identical Crests for HM The Queen's sons Prince Andrew, The Duke of York and Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex, recognises their seniority with the Royal family joining their father Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, brother Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales and sister Princess Anne, The Princess Royal.
These web pages also show how some of Ian's wildlife woodcarvings, realistic bronze sculptures, coats of arms and crests are produced using stage photographs. A selection of these wood carvings are also shown being carved directly from the tree to the completed polished or painted wood sculpture; how a flexible rubber mould can be made which will enable a wood carving to be accurately reproduce in wax and then cast in Bronze.
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The Royal Unicorn limited edition bronze shown both coloured and with the bronze patina
37 inches ( 94cm) long - bronze
Shown below are just a small sample of the many diverse wood carving and bronze sculpture by Ian G Brennan that can be found within these web page's
Click photo's below
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Selected Commissions |
Stages of a Sculpture |
Wildlife Sculptures |
Sculptor - Ian GB.com
by Suzanne Cavill
For further information about Ian's work, or details about commissioning an original woodcarving, bronze sculpture or limited edition bronze;
please contact Ian G Brennan at :-
Shown below are various other web pages which illustrate with stage photo's not only how Ian produces some of his realistic woodcarvings, coats of arms and crests, but also outlines the mould making process which will enable replica's of some of the artists original sculptures to then be cast in bronze or silver.
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photographed in stages from the tree to the completed sculpture :
Stages of The HMS Victory Sculpture Stages of a Relief Carving Stages of creating a Bronze
Stages of creating a Mould Stages of creating a Crest Creating a Sculpture
These photographs taken at St George's Chapel Windsor Castle are used with the kind permission of The Deans and Canons of Windsor, permission for further use of these images must be sought from the Chapter Office, The Cloisters, Windsor Castle.
These photographs taken at Henry V11 Chapel Westminster Abbey are used with kind permission of The Dean and Chapter of Westminster, permission for further use of these images must be sought from the Chapter Office, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean's Yard. London.
For further information about Ian G Brennan's work for 'The Most Noble Order of the Garter and The Most Honourable Order of the Bath'
please click this link to :-
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Carved Coat of Arms - lime wood
30 inches high x 26 inches wide
These images are a small sample of the photo collection displayed within the WebPages's of Heraldicsculptor.com
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