Richard Cooper Studio & Bronze

Conker, Dean Kendrick, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 5×7.8×6.5cm £175
Golfer, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, 17cm height £295
Highland Wilderness, Dean Kendrick, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 18x10x12cm £230
Small Frog Walking, Keith Sherwin, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 3×7.5×5.5cm £95
Giraffe Mother & Calf, Keith Sherwin, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 18x9x8.5cm £295
Small Frog Sitting, Dean Kendrick, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 5x5cm £95
Mare & Foal, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, Mother 12.5×15.5×4.5cm
Foal 9.5x8x3cm £375
Blackbird with Blossom, Solid Foundry Bronze, Hand painted 15x9x6cm with presentation box £336
Lurcher, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 7x6x3.5cm £125
Retriever Sitting, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 11×11.2×5.3cm £199
Small Gloucester Old Spot Pig, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 4.5x8x4.2cm £95
Hedgehog with Poppy, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 14×7.5×3.5cm £225
Elephant, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 7.5×10.5x3cm £155
Cockapoo, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 4.8×5.5×2.5cm £125
Small Penguin, Michael Simpson, Solid Foundry bronze, wax cast, 7.5x4x3.5cm £110
Butler & Peach Miniature Meerkat Pure Foundry Bronze 4.5×1.5×1.5cm £32
Butler & Peach Miniature Elephant, Pure Foundry Bronze 2.5x4x1.5cm £38
Butler & Peach Miniature Cat Sitting Pure Foundry Bronze 3.6x3x2cm £32
Butler & Peach Miniature Panda, Pure Foundry Bronze 2.7x2x2cm £38
Butler & Peach Miniature Penguin Pure Foundry Bronze 4x3x1.5cm £38
Butler & Peach Miniature Meerkat Pure Foundry Bronze 2.7×3.5×2.2cm £46
Butler & Peach Miniature Badger Pure Foundry Bronze 1.8×3.7x2cm £38
Butler & Peach Miniature Teddy Bear with love heart, Pure Foundry Bronze 3×2.7×2.2cm £39
Butler & Peach Miniature Fox |Sitting, Pure Foundry Bronze 3×2.5×2.5cm £36
Butler & Peach Miniature Badger Pure Foundry Bronze 1.8×3.5x2cm £32
Butler & Peach Miniature Love Birds Pure Foundry Bronze 4x3x2.5cm £65
Butler & Peach Miniature Polar Bear Pure Foundry Bronze 3x4x2.2cm £45
Butler & Peach Miniature Pheasant Pure Foundry Bronze 1.8×3.5x2cm £39
Butler & Peach Miniature Dachshund Pure Foundry Bronze 2.3×4.5×1.1cm £39
Butler & Peach Miniature Jack Russell Pure Foundry Bronze 3x3x2.5cm £38
Butler & Peach Miniature Giraffe Pure Foundry Bronze 6×3.5×1.5cm £32
Artist’s Little Helper, Cast in resin bronze, Michael Simpson, hand-painted 6.5×8.5x5cm £39
Four Leaf Clover, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 9×10.5x8cm £45
Little Star, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 4.5x5x3.5cm £39
Woodland Couple, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 6x7x5cm £49
Cotton Reel, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 8.8×3.4×3.2cm £32
Time in Hand, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 5.6x5x6cm £39.50
Honey Pot, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 6.4×4.7×4.7cm £35
Daisy, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 5×4.8x4cm £29
Candlestick, Cast in resin bronze Michael Simpson, hand-painted 12.5x10x8cm £45
Penguin Family, Nickel coated sculpture, Keith Sherwin, 26x19x13cm £195
Giraffe & Calf, Nickel coated sculpture, Keith Sherwin, 37x16cm £225
A moment’s rest, Nickel coated sculpture, Keith Sherwin, 14x10x8cm £84
Polar Bear & Cub, Nickel coated sculpture, Keith Sherwin, 25x18cm £175

Richard Cooper Bronze Studio began as one man, Richard Cooper, doing everything from answering the phone to packing the orders, and typing the invoices (with one finger)!

Very soon it became apparent that this approach was not sustainable. This realisation coincided with the introduction of Sophie Mackrell, who had worked at Country Artists. Sophie decided she wanted a change of scene, and joined the embryo company. Today the foundry is home to other great sculptors and artists, including Michael Simpson and Dean Kendrick.

Butler & Peach

Some twelve years ago, experiments were conducted to see how small a sculpture could be without loss of detail or distortion in the casting process. The company’s in house sculptor, Michael Simpson enthusiastically worked on this development and the collection known as Butler and Peach was born. To make a tiny design is just as demanding as one twice the size. 

“Antiques Road Show” unknowingly played a part in the design process when one of the presenters commented how popular it was in Victorian times to cold paint bronze and how nowadays the technique had all but disappeared. This sparked the studio into experimenting with hand painting the bronze after it had been cast but before finishing. The results were fascinating, and collectors loved to see the studies brought to life with natural colours.

Hand painted resin bronze

At around the time of development of Butler and Peach miniatures the company experimented with a series of mice studies made in resin bronze with hand painting. To make sure there was no confusion with foundry bronze this new collection was called Richard Cooper Studio. As mice are loved and collected by so many, the series became very popular. Michael Simpson’s sculpture is unsurpassed. He is uniquely able to capture the qualities of the subject which appeals to so many.

Nickel coated resin pieces

This Studio collection has been broadened by Keith Sherwin, who has designed the collection, Nature’s Bond – demonstrating the relationship between a mother and her young. These endearing studies are made in nickel resin, a technique of coating the resin in nickel to give a rich silver finish. It is similar to silver coating but has the deeper slightly blue tint which the studio prefer.

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