JABBI DELAHAYEARTIST · NOTTINGHAMCollect & commission
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DIGITAL BRONZE COLLECTION · FIRST WORK

The Keeper of Living Memory

I imagined her as a guardian of the stories, places and knowledge we carry forward through care. Her calm gaze, along with the hands and landscape within her form, suggest a memory that’s alive, rooted and growing still. In this digital work, I tried to carry what I've been learning about bronze craftsmanship into a form that speaks in my own medium.

Final refined three-quarter view of The Keeper of Living Memory, a digital bronze woman with locks, green stone, landscape relief, sculpted hands and an unlettered pedestal
The Keeper of Living Memory · the first work in my digital bronze collection

FOUR MACRO STUDIES

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Macro study of the bronze-toned face, eyes, lips and locks

The face · composure and presence

I wanted the face to hold a sense of composure. This closer view brings the expression, sculpted contours and restrained highlights into focus.

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Macro study of three sculpted bronze hands and the plant within the lower torso relief

The hands · care in the gesture

I paid particular attention to the fingers and the space between them. The gesture needed clarity so that the hands could carry their meaning within the relief.

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Macro study of the oval deep green stone and its decorative bronze-toned bezel

The green stone · depth and light

I softened the reflection so that the green centre could suggest depth. The setting connects that quieter colour to the warmth and detail of the surrounding metal.

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Macro study of bronze drapery, landscape relief, patina and raised edges

The surface · relief and restraint

I wanted the finish to respond to the form: darker within recesses and gently brighter along raised edges. The drapery and landscape bring those surface decisions into closer view.

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MY STUDY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP

Understanding Before Creating

My journey through Egyptian devotional bronzes, Chinese casting, Ife and Benin, South Indian sculpture and Renaissance workshops—and the lessons I tried to put into this work.

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