Environment Series

{{Short description|Series of sculptures by Jon Edgar}}

The Environment Series{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gpnw/university-challenge-christmas-2022-episode-9|work=BBC iPlayer|title=University Challenge {{!}} Christmas 2022: Episode 9|date=29 December 2022|access-date=25 July 2023}}{{cite book|title=Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads: Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture|first1=Peter|last1=Hall|first2=Marilyn|last2=Scott|publisher=Hesworth Press|date=15 July 2013|page=39|isbn=978-0955867514}} Heads developed from the Environment Triptych portrait sculptures by Jon Edgar in 2006. His ongoing series of terracotta clay portraits celebrates those contributing to a sustainable future on Earth. The sculptor observes the sitter on a rotating chair, working over seven or eight hours building up the head on a wooden peg using small pieces of clay.{{cite web|url=http://howtomakeadifference.net/2010/10/jon-edgar/|website=howtomakeadifference.net|title=Jon Edgar {{!}} Become a sculptor|first=Fran|last=Monks|date=18 October 2010|access-date=25 July 2023}} One sitter accounted "It is the most intense and prolonged physical scrutiny I have ever had from a friend. For hours on end."{{cite book|title=Turning the Boat for Home: A life writing about nature|first=Richard|last=Mabey|pages=Prologue X-XII|publisher=Vintage|date=4 March 2021|isbn=978-1529111958}}