Filming of Olympian Series sculptures and other casting  can be viewed on the BodyCastSculptor YouTube channel.

View flyer for Body Casting Olympians at the Mall Galleries London, May 2012 in support of Headfirst.

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The Olympian Series started July 26th 2011 with Olympic hurdler and relay team member, Kriss Akabusi, MBE who was body cast in the artist’s studio in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
 

Champion gymnast Beth Tweddle  MBE was body cast in Liverpool on August 4th. 6’7’’ quadruple Paralympic medallist swimmer Darren Leach had his casting recorded and televised by the BBC and Meridian TV on  8th August. Olympic athlete Dame Kelly Holmes on the 11th August and hurdler and sprinter Sally Gunnell OBE on October 3rd 2011.
 

Each Olympian torso sculpture takes approximately 1.5 - 2 months to complete during the clay sculpting stage followed by a further 2 months at Lorriane Grandi’s Creative Art Casting studio.