Lost-Wax for Lost-Species
For Lost-Wax for Lost-Species at Yorkshire Sculpture Park click here.
You can also read about this project on Kinstinct Arts Platform.
Lost-Wax for Lost-species is a public participatory project in which Abigail invited a wide audience of students, emerging artists and the public to sculpt an endangered species from wax.
Through the course of the project, Abigail is leading participants on a journey through the lost-wax casting process, whilst creating a dynamic dialogue about the ever increasing range of endangered species.
This project is a collective collaboration, an act of making in a mutual statement of care towards endangered species. Each sculpture carefully crafted in the homes of the participants, brought together as a call for action.
STAGE 1 - THE WAX MODELS
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebf05e636d0d3047bef4bfb31dea7109c333d23f577344ac74a8c387498fe681/abigail-pangolin7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc2e7a1abd6b61151c7804707b3523e5c52df8ced31150876c6a6dc70dccfc7a/Adrejs-blackrhino-blury...jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53568fb2e332a6b07b14c41463941a942d57a72d70ef127ec89965f607606276/Alice-koala14.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96d77a11e842b84028f09223b634d0028c6db94eee186aca0e681faae8d1aaa1/amy-axolotl.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcb1fcc6d946806accf2d846b0777b24eea194ba0b8eb8a843d5d37848225f74/andrea-sloth5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d954c9924caa743bfd947ad8c36a9fd1a33d8af04a1c0d1fd85c776c69ce5734/David-Hoch-Vulture5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/208091a6880cb0962cf059cdcb84da6fdccfbbfc8734d0a2c3647330ffa40267/Andrew-seahorses2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/058919660e4f6bec4d41aad33b27cb68bedfae2cbe537784da5598cf056d5fd1/andy-southernrhino.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b0d92f16ac50dd55e8c1f0170a82ce219c24125361e8881c70a792e971b835e/Andy-Stuart-Green-Sea-Turtle6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/391ac01a3964ae2aa4ab63092db82dd13cc3086aef89eba448d51b9fd065d64f/Annie-Rawle--american-burying-beetle3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41a8345c1d698a8c0ebc77223a560531b049d0ba0a26dfcd106e4353c4c87346/Annie-snowhare.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c1a1ec498d5f8c07e3cec11058c00f4a0375ade479787be120b34ccc850bf97/Barbara-polar.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfaab137208b1d7e0e4f3dda00014852cb5436e226550aac063c47e97d98ae5b/Bea-monkey.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca730b3fbbada51198dcf9bfba14bab3d53aa8cc2032def48b8f2010e0b6fad2/Ben-snowleopard.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b57d7f0091494b4445b04e45f3585c7e6be3e914b67c12bb2d4ba607dd9abea/Blaze-rhino4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e180ecc74f33c79be06036f775a273318389629fb84ec2928a916d112ad5410/Brigid-Cicada4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72a18ac8f701c3288ba14b8401531fa8b23f7580b542534158863fc3ec811d3e/callum-hickey-rhino.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3076239aa7cf3d49d6279251bfedd03f4ecf8ae3cceaa0ab197168c7edb227a4/alex-tiger.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/989b65167c6ac70d215c10d98acfe55b9300588f2055c18050a12d5b4819a191/Camilla-frog6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72f2a8b9105a3abbb4ad2ce9daf57fa145090352bc3b42eaf618e184b384cd87/candace-treekangaroo2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc4aa16db5febe701fb8392977cd02d651aef73542b19c38340312ce308f5f62/cat-earthworm7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6c973235d5a802106c1e9c7a3aaf91109106a394f645f116881ed3fa9af0c0e/Catrin-Martin-Pangolin1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0fbefdba1bc9f9de4c6d6223fc6212995ad5980b30b0ff8db2a7eed457ca8f7/cecily-sei.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e98380c18a8d6e17216e195039a2ba4b1e3103021ac8eecac28edfb719f07d9/chegs-dugong2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ae2065b2fca24f8b155382635a7d246d59b6cab3e45f331d663a82ac35e0e7d/Crystal-Przewalskis-horse2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ad28cfd4febc9688ab2e8f34511d37703907ac29158f0abd07646509b571efd/cumper-bee3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adaad620e7fd1f4597dbce9c8b0ea18cd25346c0508447ac1bb2b874c61cd44b/cumper-pangolin2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b87f3e6c1bd52e1626cf6490bbb3bb26f4b10fc2555eed641fa551768d419d7/cumper-turtle.jpg)
Participants received 80g of natural modelling wax in the post and sculpted their chosen endangered species from their homes during lockdown. Online Wax scupting zoom sessions took place. A rough edit can be watched here.
STAGE 2 - CERAMIC SHELL
STAGE 3- THE BRONZE POUR
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93f95cb586ac6c78238dd76a3d0e26e345acce27414ecf6da39c09c4ead083db/Thom-Minolta-panda7.jpg)
And then the exhibitions, the auctions, the musicians, and always the stories of so many endangered species,,, Go to the Lost-Wax for Lost-Species news page to see the project unfolding in more details