Classical Modern Bronze & Bronze Resin Sculpture
Beatrice Hoffman creates stylised abstract and figurative sculptures, using clay and plasticine, cast in bronze or bronze resin, from her Oxford-based workshop.
Her sculptures add refinement and beauty to homes , inside and outside, and appeal to interior and garden architects.With her stylish and elegant sculptures, Beatrice Hoffman achieves simplicity and abstraction, to add intensity and clarity to her creations.
Commissioned to create bespoke pieces, from small-scale private collections to a large hospital entrance centre-piece, Beatrice has exhibited widely throughout the UK and across Europe, and sold worldwide.
She seeks psychological depth, and is drawn to meaningful themes on the interface of mythology, psychology and spirituality: inner strength, serenity, human identity and relationships, trust, tenderness, ambivalence and love – to name but a few.
She hopes to enable engagement and contemplation: for the viewer to find reflected in her sculptures a feeling or experience, and through this silent communion find empathy, beauty and peace.
This is what makes her sculptures so perfectly suited for being lived and interacted with on a daily basis, in the house, the garden or a public space.
My Approach
Beatrice Hoffman in conversation with Noah Stone from “Open Frame UK ” about her approach to sculpting; what themes interest and guide her; and her private and public commissions.
Walking Forwards
Walking Forwards was a public commission by the Northampton Hospital in 2016, to publicise their vital work on organ donations, and their need for more willing donors. Beyond that theme, the sculpture has a universal appeal, as it describes a caring and supportive relationship, the kind of human contact we are dependent on for our well-being.
Sculpture Garden
Sculptures displayed in the garden of Beatrice Hoffman near Oxford. Her Sculptures can be seen in galleries and sculpture gardens. A studio visit can be arranged for people who want to see the full range of sculptures “in their natural habitat” , maybe with a view to arrange a bespoke commission.
Exhibitions
Organ Donation Week aims to raise awareness of organ or tissue donation by either living or deceased donors. Today I will speak about deceased donors, who can donate most organs and tissues.
This topic is very close to my heart as a stem cell donation last November from a young man in Germany saved my life and restored my health.
A second reason why I am so drawn to this issue: I created a large sculpture about organ donation for the Northampton Hospital, inaugurated in 2024, the year before I fell ill.
I can’t explain this great coincidence or synchronicity, but I am deeply touched by it; I feel fated to help increase the number of living and deceased donors.
So here is some information:
Deceased donors can be of any age; however only 1 in 100 are considered suitable because the manner of death matters.
Even though you are automatically considered for organ donation, your family can object, and they often do.
If you want to make sure your organs are used for organ donation, you should:
Register yourself on the organ donation register .
Speak to your relatives explaining your wishes.
Though it can be awkward to approach this topic, it is worth it and important. It can be a simple open-ended question:
Are you on the organ donation register? What was your decision?
Why does this matter?
This conversation matters as in the last decade12,000 people in the UK died of their illness while waiting for an organ transplant. As the waiting list grows, donation rates have sharply declined.
Organ Donation Week aims to raise awareness of organ or tissue donation by either living or deceased donors. Today I will speak about living donors.
This topic is very close to my heart as a stem cell donation last November from a young man in Germany saved my life and restored my health.
A second reason why I am so drawn to this issue: I created a large sculpture about organ donation for the Northampton Hospital, inaugurated in 2024, the year before I fell ill.
I can’t explain this great coincidence, but I am deeply touched by it; I now feel fated to help increase the number of donors.
Live donation of stem cells is possible before the age of 30. It is uncomfortable and involves travel and your time, but doesn’t have any long term health consequences.
You register with the “Anthony Nolan” website and are asked to provide a cheek swab test to determine your “HLA marker”. If a patient with an exact match for your “HLA marker” is found, and you agree to become a donor, you need to give blood over several hours. From the blood the stem cells are harvested, and the remaining blood is returned to you. The procedure and its preparations takes two days in hospital, and a week off work (paid for by the charity).
Why does it matter?
70% of blood cancer patients rely for a donation by someone unknown to them; sadly half do not find a fully compatible match, meaning they have only a short life span left. Finding a donor is particularly difficult for members of minority races in the UK.
How you can help: register with the Anthony Nolan Charity ; communicate the possibility of donating stem cells to younger people 16 -30; ask the Antony Nolan charity to send someone to give a talk at your A Level department in school, at university or your employer.
« Big Hug » near completion, only thumbs and fingers to improve!I am starting to work on the next sculpture, « Couple Side by Side » to wean myself and help my transition to a new sculpture.#gardensculpture #beatricehoffmansculpture #oxfordartist #londongallery #artoftheday
Back home to sculpt again! I hope to finish sooooon…. To add urgency and motivate myself, I am in touch with my caster planning the next stage.
However, I always leave the really difficult bits to the end ( ie hand and fingers), so wish me luck and determination!#beatricehoffmansculpture #gardensculpture #oxfordartist #bronzesculpture #londongallery
„Big Hug“ was given another three weeks of attention and intermittent work… not far to go , I remain hopeful!
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Originally derived from an enlargement of „Small Embrace 2“, this sculpture changed a lot in the working process. I much prefer working larger, like 100cm height. The end is in sight, though I often leave the biggest challenges ( the hands!!) to last.
What do people think? Is this a hug to say „ hello“? Or „good bye“? Or neither, just a hug to enjoy being close with each other??#sculpture #beatricehoffmansculpture #gardensculpture #artoftheweek #oxfordartist #londongallery #figurativesculpture #figurativeartist #weddinggiftideas #
„Racer Woman“ at @sculpture_at_kingham_lodge , which is open on the 17-26th of May. In the background lovely stone head by @sculpturegargas
I am hoping to finish „ First woman“ this week!Dampening the sculpture‘s clay surface with a hose, and scoring it, in order to be able to add fresh clay and build the sculpture up. #beatricehoffmansculpture #bronzesculpture #artoftheweek #gardensculpture #sculpturecasting #oxford #oxfordshireartweeks #gardendesign #gardensculpture #gardensculptures
