I visited the Bridewell Gallery in Liverpool on 16Th May to see an art exhibition and whilst there i had the good fortune to meet Stephen Hitchin. Stephen's work was not part of the show, he was there working on one of his sculptures in a Court yard at the back of the building. He was a very charismatic, knowledgeable man and he took time out from his work to show me around the building ( which is an old police station) and to talk about his art work. Stephen is the Fine Art degree course leader at Wirral Metropolitan College and in his spare time creatures beautiful pieces of sculpture. Stephen does lots of commissioned work for both public and private clients and he uses materials such as metal, glass, marble, ceramics and most often stone. He was carving a large piece of marble when i met him, which had been commissioned by the jewellers 'Boodles' . He explained that he had purchased several slabs of marble at a bargain price from a local cemetery because the graves were very old and unclaimed and the marble plinths had become unsafe and dangerous so were removed. He talked to me about how some of his artist friends make a living and invited me to his student's degree show which i am really looking forward to.
Lucca 2009 
Breaker
Moondancer 2003
Millfield 2006-07
Breaker
Moondancer 2003
Millfield 2006-07
Time and Place 2009
Pool Of Life 1999
www.stephenhitchin.com
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