Little Owl Cast and Making friends

The Little Owl Sculpture - edition number one, with a ladybird and eight other creatures, was cast in time to be shown with other work by JOEL at the CLA Game Fair and the 2010 Bird Fair.

The sculpture of the Little Owl  was popular at both events  drawing people to the stand to find out more about the sculpture and the conservation message.

People were delighted to discover the small creatures among the Ivy at the rear of the  fence post and to hear about their message for  us to value them and their habitat.

The Sculptress JOEL was also present at the Bird Fair with A Rocha and was making the new Sand Martin in flight which will also be amongst the Bronzes at the exhibition in Woburn October 2011

The Greensand Ridge Little Owl Sculpture progress

The Little Owl on fencepost  has been taken to the foundry for casting

Conserving creatures

part of the special sculpture of the Little Owl  sitting on a fence post...can you count the nine different species on the post amongst the ivy?

Little Dormouse and Blackberry

A special collectible to celebrate the Dormouse with the  tiny front paws gripping the Blackberry

The Greensand Ridge Little Owl Sculpture at Blenheim Palace

Visitors to Blenheim Palace over May Bank Holiday weekend  could see the Sculptress JOEL  working on the sculpture of the Little Owl  "Mr Grumpy".

You can  reserve your own edition number of this Bronze - which is going to have some extra special  features, and there will only be ten  made
"Mr Grumpy"  was so  named after the popular image  which came to be known by that title  which was taken by the Wildlife photographer Richard Welham in support of The Greensand Trust in 2009.

The Greensand Ridge Sculpture Project

A special selection of animals are represented and celebrated in Bronze for The Peter Smith Trust
Specially commissioned  the Sculptress JOEL has started work in the Spring of 2010 to bring the first of the Bronze sculptures to a reality.

The first  animals chosen are 
the Little Owl  (Athene Noctua)
and 
Dormouse  ( Muscardinus  Avellanarius )

Dormouse Sculpture in Progress

Photograph by Björn Schulz

The Sculptress JOEL has  taken advice from the Dormouse specialist John Prince to achieve  the best likeness for the Greensand Ridge Dormice Sculptures.

"It is attention to detail and talking with those who know their subject which makes all the difference in bringing an animal to life in sculpture" says JOEL

Sponsors for the Greensand Sculpture Project

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the Greensand Sculpture Project Please contact the Tenon Studio.

A series of detailed portraits of British Wildlife are being made to help develop and promote conservation projects co-ordinated by the Peter SmithTrust, an independent environmental charity.



Sponsors have already supported the making of the Bronze sculpture of a Little Owl ...with a special message of the need for quickness to respond with conservation...and a beautiful study of Dormice with Hazel Nuts– all were lovingly made in Clay by the Sculptress JOEL and cast into Bronze.


JOEL is currently working on portraits of Sand Martins for the project – but sponsors are needed to develop the range of Bronzes, giving Wildlife enthusiasts with a love of Art the opportunity to enjoy their passion with involvement in this project.


Sponsors can remain anonymous, or receive the benefit of publicity,


can contribute or completely fund a sculpture – enjoying the whole process from the initial design through to the exhibition of the Bronzes in 2011.


If you have in mind another design, wildlife or other  subject, also contact the Tenon Studio to speak to the Sculptress JOEL

EXHIBITIONS 2011

Exhibitions of the Bronzes of the Life of the Greensand Ridge will culminate in Woburn at the Bedford Street Gallery, MK17 9QB

30th September and 1st and 2nd of October

Invitations for the Preview of the exhibition
on the evening of the 29th September  can be obtained from the Tenon Studio