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Environment Series

The Environment Series 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. One sitter accounted "It is the most intense and prolonged physical scrutiny I have ever had from a friend. For hours on end."

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The Environment Series12 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.3 One sitter accounted "It is the most intense and prolonged physical scrutiny I have ever had from a friend. For hours on end."4

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  1. "University Challenge | Christmas 2022: Episode 9". BBC iPlayer. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. Hall, Peter; Scott, Marilyn (15 July 2013). Jon Edgar - Sculpture Series Heads: Terracotta Portraits of Contributors to British Sculpture. Hesworth Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0955867514.
  3. Monks, Fran (18 October 2010). "Jon Edgar | Become a sculptor". howtomakeadifference.net. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. Mabey, Richard (4 March 2021). Turning the Boat for Home: A life writing about nature. Vintage. pp. Prologue X-XII. ISBN 978-1529111958.
  5. Blythe, Robert (1 December 2014). Decadal. Enitharmon Press. p. frontispiece illustration of portrait head. ISBN 978-1907587818.