On the afternoon of Saturday 16 September, the last fine day of the summer, 16 members escaped the turmoil of the High Street and found refuge in the delightful tranquillity […]

It is with great sadness that we report the death after a long illness of our hugely respected President, Michael Steed. Following his retirement from a notable academic and political […]

A pot of bronze is heated in a furnace until molten. The liquid metal is then raised on a hoist and poured into the sand-encased moulds. (We were shown how […]

On 25 July trustees Hilary Brian, Brian McHenry and Stewart Ross joined sculptor Christine Charlesworth and Aphra afficionado Elaine Hobby at the Milwyn Foundry, West Molesey, to witness the final […]

The CCS Pork ‘n’ Cider party on Friday 7 July was a delightful sell-out success. The St Augustine’s Cellarer’s Garden (generously offered by the King’s School) made an ideal setting, […]

Our 2023 AGM was unusually well attended. Not that the annual reports or elections were especially riveting, but following routine business, the Society was given a fine conducted tour of […]

In the foundry, 6 mm of hot molten green wax has been painted into the silicon rubber mould of the statue that Christine Charlesworth made (see previous images) to produce […]

This remarkable image from the studio of the incomparable Christine Charlesworth shows the artist removing the rubber mould from the original clay version of the statue. The mould and its […]

Sculptor Christine Charlesworth has encased the clay model of the Aphra Behn statue in rubber and resin. The casing is divided into bolted sections, each of which will be cast […]