Jon Edgar

Born 1968 in Rustington, West Sussex, the grandson of animator Brian White. He studied at both Exeter University and University of London before attending the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture for two years from 2000, being awarded The Discerning Eye national bursary[https://web.archive.org/web/20090901065853/http://www.discerningeye.org/bursaries/intro/intro.php] for his studies.

The Environment Triptych (2008) features portraits of the independent scientist James Lovelock (who sat in Devon in 2007), moral philosopher Mary Midgley (sitting in Newcastle in 2006) and writer Richard Mabey (sitting in Norfolk in 2007). Entrepreneur and co-founder of Cass Sculpture Foundation Wilfred Cass sat at Goodwood in 2008.

In 2009 the first sittings for the Environment Series heads{{cite web|url=https://jonedgar.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/2011-works-the-human-clay-exhibition/|title=2011 works: The Human Clay exhibition|website=Jonedgar.wordpress.com|date=30 December 2011|access-date=22 February 2019}} took place, marking some of those who have contributed to a potential better future, with Professor Chris Rapley CBE sitting in Fittleworth, West Sussex, Tim Smit CBE in Fowey, Cornwall, Peter Randall-Page and Guy Watson in Devon, Gordon Murray in Surrey and Caroline Lucas in Brighton, East Sussex.

In 2010, clay from the parish of Compton, Guildford was used for portraits of potter Mary Wondrausch and former Watts Gallery curator Richard Jefferies both of which became integrated into the Compton Triptych.article on The Human Clay exhibition, Surrey Advertiser, 2 December 2011, p. 11{{Cite web |url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/the_human_clay_jon_edgar.htm |title=THE HUMAN CLAY - University of Surrey - Guildford |access-date=7 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210082125/http://surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/the_human_clay_jon_edgar.htm |archive-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Wood from the felled Highgrove Cedar of Lebanon at Highgrove House given by Charles, Prince of Wales has produced three sculptures in 2010 and 2011.

{{Cite web |url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/The%20Human%20Clay%20Exhibition.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126120141/http://surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts/exhibitions%20and%20events/The%20Human%20Clay%20Exhibition.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

An interesting stone was discovered by Edgar in 2012, being used as a planter in a West Sussex garden. It was subsequently identified as an important Roman sculpture on the theme of Iphigenia in Tauris.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/new-sculpture-of-iphigenia-in-tauris/BC1CB6F5A9FE77121CF8B6882FAC5211|title=A New Sculpture of Iphigenia in Tauris|first1=M.|last1=Henig|first2=K. M. J.|last2=Hayward|first3=J.|last3=Edgar|first4=E.|last4=Black|date=22 November 2012|journal=Britannia|volume=43|pages=243–249|access-date=22 February 2019|via=Cambridge Core|doi=10.1017/S0068113X12000244|url-access=subscription}}

A posthumous bust of Lancelot Capability Brown was created for the tercentenary of Brown's death. Working forensically from the secondary source evidence of contemporary paintings and sketches, the terracotta head was launched in London in 2016 and then exhibited at Stowe House, now Stowe School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stowe.co.uk/house/latest-news/news/capability-brown-sculpture-on-display|title=Stowe House - Capability Brown sculpture on display|website=Stowe.co.uk|access-date=9 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hgt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/AUGUST_PRESS-RELEASE_-Capability_Brown_Tercentenary_-London_EXHIBITION_FINAL.pdf |title=AUGUST PRESS-RELEASE : Capability Brown Tercentenary - London_Exhibition|access-date=9 August 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/busted-capability-brown-set-captured-12345601 | title=Busted: Capability Brown set to be captured like never before|website=Chroniclelive.co.uk | date=20 December 2016 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/news/articles/lancelot-capability-brown-by-jon-edgar | title=Lancelot 'Capability' Brown by Jon Edgar |website=Buildingcentre.co.uk}}

Portraits of Antarctic explorer and broadcaster Duncan Carse exist in public collections in South Georgia Museum, funded by the South Georgia Association, South Atlantic {{cite web|url=http://www.southgeorgiaassociation.org/duncan_carse_bust_appeal.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011172323/http://www.southgeorgiaassociation.org/duncan_carse_bust_appeal.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-11 }} catalogue reference SGHT.2009.5 and at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University, UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/catalogue/|title=Scott Polar Research Institute » Museum catalogue|website=Spri.cam.ac.uk|access-date=9 August 2022}} A bronze of Philippa Scott was unveiled at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Slimbridge visitor centre in December 2011. A relief carving of a snake charmer was acquired by Surrey University Art Collection in 2012.{{cite book |last1=Grayburn |first1=Patricia |title=Architecture and Public Art |date=2015 |publisher=University of Surrey |location=Guildford |page=7}}

File:Portal (2013) public sculpture at Hindhead National Trust situated on former A3 road; view North.JPG

’Lewes Group (2010)’: Southover Grange Gardens, Lewes{{cite web|url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/lewes-set-to-host-giant-sculpture-by-jon-edgar-1-4880608|title=Lewes set to host giant sculpture by Jon Edgar|website=Sussexexpress.co.uk|access-date=22 February 2019|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151936/https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/lewes-set-to-host-giant-sculpture-by-jon-edgar-1-4880608|url-status=dead}}

‘Portal (2013)’: Hindhead{{cite web|url=http://www.cultureshift.org.uk/portfolio/a3d-legacy-at-hindhead/ |title=Culture Shift » A3D legacy at Hindhead |access-date=2015-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204082854/http://www.cultureshift.org.uk/portfolio/a3d-legacy-at-hindhead/ |archive-date=2013-12-04 }}{{cite web|url=http://a3dhindhead.tumblr.com/?og=1|title=A3D Hindhead - A Creative Legacy|website=a3dhindhead.tumblr.com|access-date=22 February 2019}}

‘Trisantonis (2014)’: RSPB Pulborough Brooks{{cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/sculpture-is-completed-after-15-months-of-work-1-6428350|title=Sculpture is completed after 15 months of work|website=Wscountytimes.co.uk|access-date=22 February 2019}}

A 3 tonne Portland stone block has been worked in public over 2014/5 at Slindon, West Sussex and was permanently placed in the National Trust's replanted historic Northwood.{{cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/fittleworth-sculptor-to-embark-on-new-year-long-project-1-6446487|title=Fittleworth sculptor to embark on new year-long project|website=Wscountytimes.co.uk|access-date=22 February 2019}}

A new 7 tonne Portland stone block was worked on site at Horsham in the Sussex Weald{{Cite web|url=https://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/first-riders-take-on-west-sussex-pump-track-after-official-opening-1-8804646|title = First riders take on West Sussex pump track after official opening|website=Westsussextoday.co.uk| date=10 February 2019 }} throughout 2019, in response to the environment and involving the local community. In September 2021, a new oak block was begun at the end of lockdown in Sutton, West Sussex.A Work in Progress at Lord's Piece; The Petworth Society Magazine, No. 185 (December 2021) p. 24-5

The documentary film on sculptor Alan Thornhill; Spirit in Mass - Journey into Sculpture,{{cite web|url=http://www.alanthornhill.co.uk/Spirit%20in%20Mass%20film.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512005743/http://www.alanthornhill.co.uk/Spirit%20in%20Mass%20film.htm|url-status=dead|title=Film: Spirit in Mass - Journey into Sculpture (2007)|archive-date=12 May 2008|access-date=22 February 2019}} which was produced in 2007 with funding from Screen South and UK Film Council, features former students of the Frink School, including Edgar talking about Thornhill's influence on his own work.

The creation of the Stephen Duffy head{{cite web|url=http://www.jonedgar.co.uk/stephen%20duffy.htm |title=Portrait of Stephen Duffy 2007 terracotta |access-date=2009-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409030714/http://www.jonedgar.co.uk/stephen%20duffy.htm |archive-date=2010-04-09 }} was coincidentally documented during the filming of the Douglas Arrowsmith documentary Memory & Desire: 30 Years in the Wilderness with Stephen Duffy & the Lilac Time. The film{{cite web|url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/memory-and-desire-30-years-in-the-wilderness-with-stephen-duffy-and-the-lilac-time|title=British Council Film: Memory and Desire: 30 Years in the Wilderness with Stephen Duffy and The Lilac Time|website=film.britishcouncil.org|access-date=22 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.memoryanddesirefilm.com/ |title=Index of / |access-date=10 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815141558/http://www.memoryanddesirefilm.com/ |archive-date=15 August 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} was released at the London Raindance Film Festival in October 2009.

The terracotta sculpture forms the CD cover image for the 2009 albumAudio CD (28 Sep 2009) ASIN: B002MX9YJG by the same name.

The 2006 Herefordshire Jigsaw Sculpture outreach project is documented on film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnjPTiX3kag|title=Jigsaw sculpture|date=29 October 2006 |access-date=9 August 2022|via=YouTube}}

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Petworth Society Magazine No. 176, pp. 38–41, June 2019 - Freelance; the role of art and artist in society

J.Edgar, Foreword M. Imms (2016). A South Downs Year: Creation of the Slindon Stone - The Sculptor’s Journal {{ISBN|978 0 9558675 2 1}} (Hesworth Press)

P.Hall, M.Scott, H. Pheby (2013). Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads - Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture {{ISBN|978 0 9558675 1 4}} (Hesworth Press in association with The Lightbox and Yorkshire Sculpture Park)

E. Black, J. Edgar, K.M.J. Hayward and M. Henig (2012). A New Sculpture of Iphigenia in Tauris.

Britannia: A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies, 43, pp 243–249 doi:10.1017/S0068113X12000244 (Cambridge Journals)

Lady Scott Commemorated; Waterlife; April/June 2012 p. 9.

A Decade of Sculpture in the Garden, Harold Martin Botanic Garden University of Leicester (2011) {{ISBN|978-0-9564739-1-2}} p. 30.

Meet the artist, Surrey Life November 2011 p. 156 Archant Press

The Petworth Magazine No. 139, pp. 11–12 2010 - Petworth Marble - an update

The Jackdaw Magazine Nov/Dec 2009 - Portrait Sculpture: A Neglected Form? p. 10. {{ISSN|1474-3914}}

The Petworth Magazine No. 132, pp. 10–11 2008 - A contemporary search for Petworth Marble

Responses - Carvings and Claywork (2008){{cite book|title=Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008|year=2008|publisher=Hesworth Press|location=UK|isbn=978-0-9558675-0-7}} has a foreword by Sir Roy Strong and features other terracotta portraits of eminent sitters who all agreed to sit for Edgar including sculptors Alan Thornhill, Nicolas Moreton and Ken Ford, historian Sir Roy Strong, conservationist Lady Philippa Scott (widow of Sir Peter Scott), entrepreneur Stuart Wheeler, industrialist Sir John Harvey-Jones and songwriter and musician Stephen Duffy.

Timothy Mowl's 2007 publication on the Historic Gardens of Oxfordshire Mowl, T. Historic Gardens of Oxfordshire (2007) Tempus {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4086-6}} includes the landscape of Asthall Manor, home to the biennial stone sculpture event{{Cite web|url=https://www.onformsculpture.co.uk/|title=Homepage|website=Onformsculture.co.uk|access-date=9 August 2022}} where reference is made to Edgar "coaxing his stone into semi-figurative forms of brooding power, as in his 'Wight Man'."{{Cite web|url=http://www.jonedgar.co.uk/artwork/wight-man/|title=Wight Man (2006)|website=Jonedgar/co/uk|access-date=9 August 2022}} and 'Arch'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jonedgar.co.uk/artwork/arch/|title=arch (2006) | Jon Edgar|website=Jonedgar/co/uk|access-date=9 August 2022}}

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• Beckingham, Peter, South Downs Showcase - 200 Years of Creativity around Lodsworth, Petworth and Midhurst, Lodsworth Heritage Society, 2021 {{ISBN|978-1-3999-0626-5}}
• Mabey, Richard, Turning The Boat For Home - A Life Writing About Nature published Penguin Random House 2019 {{ISBN|978-0701181086}} - an account of the portrait sitting and patination of bronze (Prologue X-XII)
• Blythe, Ronald, ‘’Stour Seasons’’ Canterbury Press, 2016 {{ISBN|978-1-84825-884-6}} p.95-6 'Jon Edgar Brings My Bust'
• Blythe, Ronald, ‘’Decadal’', Enitharmon Press, 2015 {{ISBN| 978-1-907587-81-8}} - portrait head of Blythe in frontispiece

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/keyword:jon-edgar--makers:jon-edgar-b1968

Sculptors 1986-2016 (2017) Miriquidi Books {{ISBN|978-0-9934111-2-0}}; foreword by Peter Murray (Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and Adrian Glew, archivist at Tate Gallery

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• [http://www.jonedgar.co.uk illustrated web archive]
• [http://howtomakeadifference.net/2010/10/jon-edgar/ profile by Fran Monks; How to Make a Difference]
• [http://a3dhindhead.tumblr.com/ Jon Edgar, sculptor for Hindhead A3D - A Creative Legacy, 2012]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705223446/http://www.herbsociety.org.uk/gardenplan_cen.htm permanent sculpture centrepiece of the National Garden of the Herb Society]

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