Stephen Kettle Explained

Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966 in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training. His best known works include a statue of the Supermarine Spitfire's designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,^[3] which was the first statue of its type in the world, and a life-size statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,^[4] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.^[5]

Besides the statues of Turing and Mitchell, other notable works by Kettle include portrait busts of the following:

• George Zambellas, first sea lord at RNAS Yeovilton
• Winston Churchill in Buckingham Palace
• Frederick Barclay at the London Ritz
• Donald Gosling
  • Ronald Hobson A double portrait of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the grounds of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.

Personal life

Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.stephenkettle.co.uk/artist.html Stephen Kettle — The Artist
2. Web site: Stephen Kettle: Profile . turnerfinearts.com . Turner Fine Arts . 15 March 2016 .
3. Web site: Why have we never honoured man who invented the Spitfire? . Ben . Fenton . 2005-09-15 . 2007-06-30 . . telegraph.co.uk.
4. Web site: Stephen Kettle does life size sculpture of Alan Turing 500,000 pieces of slate . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/my-WlNOlQV4 . 2021-12-21 . live. TurnerFineArts . . 11 June 2012 . 15 March 2016 .
5. Web site: Bletchley Park Unveils Statue Commemorating Alan Turing . 2007-06-30 . 2007-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070630083823/http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/docview.rhtm/454075 . dead .
6. Web site: Stephen Kettle . morleyart.co.uk . Morley Contemporary Art . UK . 2007-06-30.