Lost wax Ceramic Shell
Bronze Casting
About the A4A art foundry
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A4A Art for Architecture & JohnMcKenna Sculpture Ltd, High McGowanston Studio, Turnberry, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland KA26 9JT Tel 01655 332215 http://www.a4a.com
A4A Art for Architecture is headed by John McKenna A.R.B.S and who works with his various artistic associates to create artworks, in a variety of media from colossal 13m high steel sculpture figures, life-size bronze statues to small limited edition artworks. A4A have their own fabrication workshop and studio bronze foundry and run a variety of courses from the studio, based on a small farm on the beautiful rural coastline of South West Scotland.
John McKenna A.R.B.S, a member of the Royal society of British sculptors and a professional public artist for over 20 years. John has lectured in figurative sculpture and 3D design in further education colleges. He was originally trained in a strict traditional academic figurative discipline under the auspices of Dame Elizabeth Frink and always prefers to create sculpture modeled with observed naturalism and empathy with the subject, whilst imbuing dynamic creativity. See John's artworks on his main website at www.a4a.com
Peter Scott Tudhope M.A (Fine Art) runs our drawing and painting courses. Peter trained at Edinburgh School of Art, studied a fine art degree at the Glasgow School of Art and obtained an MA in Printmaking at Manchester. See some of Peter's artworks at :www.flickr.com/photos/petertudhope
Short duration 4 and 5 day courses are run in ceramic shell lost wax bronze casting, steel fabricated sculpture, sculpture modelling, portrait modelling, sketching in wax and painting. On the courses you will work alongside John McKenna, Peter Scott Tudhope and others artists dependent upon the course.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond unveiling John McKenna's Auchengeich memorial.
John McKenna and bronze casting course participants at the A4A art studio.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth meeting John McKenna and viewing his sculpture works.