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Frippy Jameson

Frippy Jameson studied Fine Art Sculpture at
Camberwell College of Art and Design, City & Guilds
of London Art School and with The Portland Sculpture
Trust. Frippy moved from London and latterly
Edinburgh to live and work from her studio in the
Scottish Borders.
My work moves to define the compound narrative
of fragility and strength, patience and endurance,
that surrounds the thoroughbred.
The Placement of the sculptures, slightly offset, some on
heavy stone plinths, aims to highlight the subtlety of the
horse. The sculpture groups are strung across long pieces
of sandstone; and with these compositions, Frippy
encapsulates the space horses occupy in a paddock and
reflects the intricacy of each of these relationships. The
equine works she sculpts, capture an element of private
pause; those intimate moments of pre or post work,
Frippy studies the horse during breaks in racing, resting
between seasons, or waiting in the yard after training. Still I
All the ‘in between’ parts of their existence hold her Maquette, Bronze on
interest, the tranquil, still moments that make up the Portland Stone
larger picture of a horse. Observing these beautiful Edition 1 of 25
animals when calm, seeing them beyond all the noise, is Horse 20 x 5 x 20 cm
what Frippy captures in her extraordinary sculptures. Plinth 40 x 20 x 20 cm