Collection: Body Art By Ken Clarke

KEN CLARKE BORN IN WEST LONDON IN 1948
HE SERVED A 5 YEAR APPRENTICESHIP IN 1964 TO BECOME A MASTER ORNATE PLASTERER, MOULD MAKER AND LIFECASTING EXPERT, AT SHEPPERTON & PINEWOOD FILM STUDIOS.
KEN HAS WORKED IN ALL THE MAJOR FILM STUDIOS IN THE UK AND TRAVELLED TO MANY EXOTIC FILM LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD AS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ON MANY MAJOR BLOCKBUSTER FILMS.
LIFECASTING FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS, ANIMATRONICS, MAKE UP, SET CONSTRUCTION, AND COSTUME, IN THE INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TV INDUSTRIES.
KEN HAS WORKED IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST FILM DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, STEPHEN STIELBERG, GEORGE LUCAS, ALAN
PARKER, RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH, RIDLEY SCOTT, STANLEY KUBRICK, KEN RUSSEL,
TERRY GILLINGHAM PLUS MANY MORE.
HE HAS SPENT OVER 50 YEARS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY WORKING AS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT ON APPROX 150 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES SUCH AS THE TRILOGY OF STAR WARS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, ALIEN, SUPERMAN 1 & 2, JAMES BOND, THE SHINING, KING KONG LIVES, FOR ESTABLISHED COMPANIES, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, DISNEY, COLUMBIA, MGM, PARAMOUNT,  AND WARNER BROS.
OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES KEN HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF LIFECASTING AND BODY SCULPTING, NOT ONLY IN THE QUALITY AND REFINEMENT OF HIS WORK, BUT BY DEVELOPING CUTTING EDGE SCULPTING TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES WHICH HAVE BROUGHT HIM BOTH WIDE ACCLAIM AND A MUCH DESERVED REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE WORLDWIDE. CASTING TOP FILM STARS, GLAMOUR MODELS, STUNT MEN AND WOMEN FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS.
KEN’S COMPANY “BODY SCULPTURE” PRIMARY FOCUS IS THE CREATION OF A RECORDED COPY OF FINE SCULPTURE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE HUMAN BODY, MOULDING AND CASTING THE FINAL SCULPTURES.
KEN’S FILM WORK HAS ALLOWED HIM TO SEE THE FANTASIES OF THE PAST, TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND BEYOND INTO SPACE, i.e. STAR WARS, ALIEN ETC.
KEN CONTINUES HIS ART AS A SCULPTOR AND LIFECASTING TECHNICS TO CREATE 3D SCULPTURE.