The Nelson & Forbes Studio Maquette Collection features the stunning editions of small sculptures by Jonathan Sanders and Sue Maclaurin, showcasing the artists’ new interpretations of some of their best loved pieces in miniature.

Jonathan Sanders and Sue Maclaurin both delighted discovering new aspects of their favourite subjects by working in this inspiring new way.  Both artists found it satisfyingly challenging to work at this scale as simply making an armature that is less than ten centimetres long can present some significant technical challenges that demand inventiveness.   

Sculpting the piece takes several weeks, after which each maquette has a master mould made, before being carefully hand cast in our British foundry, using exactly the same traditional lost wax process that we use to hand cast all of our sculptures.  

Each sculpture is individually numbered as one of a limited edition of just 500 castings and bears our maker’s mark, ‘NF’, as well as the sculptor’s signature.  

Each piece arrives with you carefully wrapped in a velvet pouch and encased in a beautifully hand made gift box.  Our luxury presentation packaging has been designed to truly delight who ever opens the box, building the excitement of what is to be found within.

Accompanying your sculpture is a numbered information booklet, telling you everything you might like to know about your sculpture, its sculptor and how it was created.  The booklet is individually numbered by hand, giving the number of your sculpture and is personally signed by the artist.

The signed booklet is your guarantee that this is a genuine casting of the sculptor’s work that he or she has personally approved. 

The Studio Maquette Collection includes some gorgeous representations of some of our best loved pieces and we are proud to hand cast them using traditional techniques, before presenting them as beautifully as possible.  The perfect gift for someone that you love, or maybe even yourself!