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Biography
Stephen Kettle is a pioneering artist and sculptor who’s works are instantly recognisable and draw the attention of even the most casual observer. Stephen Kettle was born in Castle Bromwich Birmingham in 1966 and now lives with his wife Sue and two children in West London.
After leaving school, Stephen served seven years in the Royal Navy and left the service in 1989 to work in his Fathers construction business. It was during the following 15 years that Stephen honed his skills that he now employs in his sculptures, using techniques that were passed to him from his Father and a host of other tradesmen along the way.
As a sculptor, Stephen is officially a self taught artist and has received no formal training in art, however, he maintains that he was taught by many skilled tradesmen who, in his opinion were great artists in their own right. Carpenters, Bricklayers, Tilers, plasterers, Landscapers and a host of others, all contributed snippets of knowledge that this artist has in his armoury to utilise in his sculptures.
His work is very precise and accurate. Stonework is the core of his identity with each piece of slate touching its neighbouring slate on both sides as well as from above and below. Although the slate is held together with an adhesive (that is of his own invention), none of the adhesive is visible due to the tightness and accuracy of the stonework. This is no mean feat as the majority of slates are of different thicknesses and are seldom perfectly flat.
His works range from miniature to monumental with both figurative and abstract pieces in Museums and private collections and are viewed by over three million people each year. His best known works are statues of R.J. Mitchell (designer of the legendary Spitfire which is now owned and permanently displayed at the London Science Museum) and Alan Turing, mathematician, wartime code breaker and intellectual parent of the computer. The Alan Turing statue is permanently housed at Bletchley Park where it has gained much media attention in recent years. Kettle also has a bust of Winston Churchill in the Darrah /Harwood collection at the same site.
Stephen has always put quality of build at the heart of his sculptures and all of his assistants past and present are experienced tradesmen and mostly semi retired or retired, as he believes they have an ingrained sense of craftsmanship.
There are only a handful of artists working with slate worldwide and it is fair to say that Stephen Kettle is regarded as the most prominent.
Stephen is a keen rower and rowed from England to France solo in 2002 in less than five hours, raising money for handicapped children in his village of Shepperton, Surrey.
Stephen Kettle是一个风格强烈，独具开创性的艺术家和雕塑家。
他于1966年出生在伯明翰，目前与妻儿生活在伦敦西部。毕业后Stephen Kettle曾在皇家海军呆了7年，直到1989年离开。在艺术上，他完全是自我成才，没有受到任何正规训练，不过这并不妨碍他成为一位伟大的艺术家。
他利用板岩进行精确的雕塑工作，他将这些厚度不一，表面不平整的板岩组合在了一起。
他的作品被大博物馆和私人收藏家的青睐，每年都有不计其数的人前来观看。他最有名的作品是R.J.Mitchell和Alan Turing，Alan Turing的雕像被永久的安置在Bletchley公园，这几年受到媒体很高的关注。
目前全球只有很少的板石艺术家，而Stephen Kettle无疑是最出类拔萃的。Stephen Kettle也是一名赛艇运动员，2002年穿越英吉利海峡只用了不到5小时的时间。同时他支援了位于Surrey的Shepperton镇的残疾儿童。
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