Eddie Hallam, Wildlife Sculptures Ltd

About Eddie Hallam, Wildlife Sculptures Ltd

From being a small child I had become totally fascinated by all kinds of wildlife. I set my heart on becoming a wildlife conservationist.
On leaving school at 15 I studied hard at evening classes to get enough qualifications to go to university. I enrolled to do an honours degree in Biological Sciences. It was at this time that I realised that I had also entered the art world through a back door.
To become a top field biologist, it was essential that you could sketch quickly, accurately and proficiently, for both recording and identification purposes. It was also a long-standing tradition that good biologists were often good artists.
I found I loved sketching, especially in the field and I have carried on sketching throughout my life, and to this day I am rarely caught without his sketching bag.
I also became an active wildlife conservationist for many years. Around 1990 I visited a gallery in Suffolk and saw an exhibition by Nick Bibby featuring his wonderful wildlife sculptures. The following week I started buying pieces of sculpting kit and I was on my way. From my biological work I knew I had a good knowledge of anatomy, feather groups etc. and it all seemed to come together very quickly. I had my first bronze sculpture cast within months of starting and I have now been sculpting for 30 years.