AIM

Bosworth1485 sculpture trail officially launched on 22 August 2025 as part of the Bosworth Festival of History.

A trail through the landscape - told within 5 chapters.

CONCEPT

Chapter 1: The Calm before the Storm

Our story opens with a moment of quiet we have all known. Before any big event there is always such a moment, a moment in which acute tension becomes extreme calm.

This is an artwork about meditation.

The legend is that Richard Ill prayed in the Church of St James, Sutton Cheney, on the eve of meeting Henry Tudor in battle. The lives of his soldiers and the future of the country lay heavy on his mind, yet in that moment of self-examination the king became a man unprotected by his office. A man kneeling before his maker, asking what the morrow would bring.

As with all of the artworks, it is worth emphasising that this is an artwork, not an illustration. Although it contains a figure  representing Richard Ill, the aim is to evoke his situation so we can identify with it rather than to portray him as such.

UNVEILING

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A series of maquettes were modelled in wax by sculptor Stephen Broadbent, before a scale plaster model was created. This model was used by the sculptor mason Ade Wright to help him carve the sculpture in Portland Stone.

10 ton blocks of Portland Stone were set on a pre cast concrete base and the shape carved using hand tools, with the help of a simple pointing device.

The portrait of Richard was modelled full size in wax, and a rubber mould taken and cast, to enable Ade to skilfully carve the head in stone.

PROCESS

You can see Richard's hands being carved to hold a bronze fabricated crown.

The kings cloak will sit on a heavy granite edge, with the head (when jointed) looking downward into a reflective disc.

The carved sculpture will be lifted as onepiece from the concrete base andpositioned in St James's churchyard in Sutton Cheney.