Wire Artists

Barry SykesAnimals in Wire are handcrafted, bespoke sculptures of everything from elephants and unicorns to portraits of family pets. Sturdy and rust proof they are suitable in the outdoors all year round, yet also light enough to be easily moved around the garden, creating a different view each time.

"If you yearn for a few hens scratching at the grass or would like a landscape that includes rare-breed sheep, buy yourself the next best thing. At his studio in south east London, Barry Sykes crafts all manner of animals from galvanised, weatherproof wire. Exquisite.

Chris Moss

Chris Moss lives in Harrogate, North Yorkshire where she has a farm yard of animals that constantly live and thrive in her back garden. These animals are Chris’s creations, as she works with wire to construct beautiful garden sculptures, inspired by nature’s wildlife. I got in touch with Chris to discover a little about her work.

“My degree, many years ago, was in Fine Art Painting which although I completed it, left me with more questions than answers about my ability or desire to create. The questions were put on hold for a few years and life and jobs generally got in the way of finding a solution, until I started a life-drawing evening-class. These sessions were an opportunity to look and draw, a catalyst for exploration and expression without a fixed agenda. During the same period, I spent a lot of time on sewing, knitting, embroidery and woodwork projects, all of which require a high degree of hand/eye coordination. At some point I decided I was going to make a papier-mache figure and procured some random wire to make an armature. Handling the wire was the turning point because of all the possibilities that became apparent. What I loved about it was its immediacy, it’s basic and fast and as with drawing, there’s a direct via the making process to the end result.”

William ArnoldWilliam E. Arnold is from Wilkinson, IN. He has had a lifelong love of animals and by the age of 14 had taught himself taxidermy from library books. Arnold has a background as a float sculptor for the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade. In 1983 he began creating wreaths and baskets from grapevines, which he sold at wholesale to local flower shops. He began his work with barbed wire and fence wire when he saw rolls of wire laying in a field at a four-way stop. Arnold said, "I was on the way to pull vines and I saw rolls of wire lying in the pastures and thought it was a buffalo lying in the grass."

Elizabeth Berrien's

Elizabeth Berrien's wire sculptures are found in museums, fine art galleries, private homes, landscapes and corporate settings throughout the world. Visit our Gallery to view Elizabeth Berrien's portfolio, and discover our NEW Wire Wall Art & Murals and other 2-d & 3-D wire sculpture!

Art researchers and educators around the world study Elizabeth Berrien's rare wire sculpture technique. We ship her wire sculpture to buyers in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada and the US.

Elizabeth Berrien is an internationally recognized wire sculptor.

Berrien's striking BBC series, "Cables, Guns, Food", generated top international awards: Clio, Cannes Gold Lion, leading to the Big Won's "Best Innovative/Alternative Media"... worldwide.

Gary TipladyGary, a local celebrity and artist born and bred in Newcastle Upon Tyne, started his working life as a top chef, he even cooked for the Queen of England and a lot more widely recognised celebrities.As well as chef work, he has adorned many a banquet with his lard sculptures, to which people placed orders, only to be told they did not have a long life span.He has had commissions from Rolls Royce, Newcastle Race course and Newcastle United Football club to name but few.His has done lots of charity work, the main of which has been the “Pudsey Bear” for the well know charity Children in Need.

It is from this, his humble beginnings that Gary has built up a local up and coming reputation as a wire sculpture extraordinaire, which is expanding at a rapid pace day after day.

It all began with lard art in which he had to make wire armatures to support the many lard/butter sculptures he has created in his short but creative life thus far.

It has turned his normal day to day as a lookalike for James Bond baddy Jaws to become more widely know as a very gifted worker of wire.

With his astonishing large hands he has bent and shaped a normal sheet of wire into life like animals a few of which can be found on this web site.

He has from July 2008 to July 2009 held 3 very successful exhibitions all over the UK.

Glenn Doyle Born in Sydney, Australia in 1951, Doyle has worked for over 40 years as an Engraver, Painter and Sculptor and studied life drawing and painting at various artschools including Julian Ashton's, Sydney. The idea for creating Australian fauna from galvanised wire was developed over many years and is inspired by rural Australia, using the same materials and tools used by outback farmers to build fences. His work now exists in many countries around the world including Japan, The United Kingdom, Europe and North and South America.

My work has been exhibited in various Art Galleries.The Arts & Crafts Society of NSW gallery in 104 George St. The Rocks has my work exhibited, as has the Harrison Gallery in Paddington, NSW.

I have had success at the Artisans in the Gardens Exhibition, Botanic Gardens, Sydney,and at the Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery.