Stephen Kettle

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Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966 in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.[1][2]

Career

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Detail of the slate statue of Alan Turing by Stephen Kettle at Bletchley Park in 2007[3]

Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.[2] His best known works include a statue of the Supermarine Spitfire's designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,[4] which was the first statue of its type in the world,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and a life-size statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,[5] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.[3]

Besides the statues of Turing and Mitchell, other notable works by Kettle include portrait busts of the following:

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Sculpture by Kettle of George Zambellas at RNAS Yeovilton

Personal life

Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.[6]

References

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  1. Stephen Kettle — The Artist.
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