In 2024, the Society has launched Creating a Home for Sculptors, the third phase of restoring Dora House, our Grade II listed home in South Kensington, following our successful 2022 Saving Dora House campaign.
Creating a Home for Sculptors will transform our derelict basement into a welcoming flat for visiting artists with flexible studio space and a home for the Royal Society of Sculptors’ archive.
As part of the fundraising efforts, we invited notable artists with longstanding ties with the Society to participate in the 10gram Challenge 2024. Participating artists were asked to create a small scale sculpture from a 10 gram wax block that would then be cast in bronze at the Milwyn Fine Art Foundry in Surrey.
The challenge culminated in a two-day exhibition that was generously hosted by Thomas Dane Gallery in October 2024 where these unique creations were available for sale. This event was also supported by Darbyshire, who are ongoing supporters as part of the Society's Suppliers' Circle, and Artelium.
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The concept of the 10 gram challenge first originated in 2020 during the Covid lockdown when Alex Davies MRSS, founder of Milwyn Foundry and member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, challenged himself to make a small sculpture when he was isolated at home during lockdown and unable to access his studio space.
Realising the plight of other members of the Society faced with the same restrictions, the challenge grew organically as a way to create something on a smaller scale from the kitchen table. As part of that first iteration of the 10 gram challenge, Alex sent more than 200 wax kits up and down the country and beyond to members based in Mexico, The Netherlands, Ukraine to name but a few.
Between 5 July - 19 September 2021 more than 200 miniature sculptures were on display at Dora House and a number of members kindly donated their 10gram Challenge sculptures to the Society, to be sold to raise funds for the restoration of Dora House.
