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'{{short description|British sculptor (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=November 2013}} {{Tone|date=May 2020}} }} [[File:Sophie Ryder.jpg|thumb]] '''Sophie Ryder''' (born 1963) is a British sculptor. She is known for her large wire structures. Ryder uses many materials, such as bronze, wet plaster embedded with old machine parts, sheet metal, marble, and stained glass. Drawing, painting and printmaking have always been central to her artistic practice and are a vital creative counterpoint to her sculptural work. https://smoothsell.com.ng/ ==Biography== Sophie Ryder was born in London, England in 1963. She studied combined arts at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] from 1981-84 where, while obtaining her diploma in painting, she was encouraged by fellow artists to develop her sculpture. Ryder's world is one of mystical creatures, animals and hybrid beings made from sawdust, wet plaster, old machine parts and toys, weld joins and angle grinders, wire 'pancakes', torn scraps of paper, charcoal sticks and acid baths. She developed the Lady Hare as a counterpart to Ancient Greek mythology's Minotaur. Working 'big' is a very significant feature of Ryder's work. ===Works=== Ryder's work is mainly focused on mythical creatures. Her most known piece is the Lady Hare, a hare with a female human body. In 1994 a sculpture of five [[minotaur]]s was banned from an exhibition at [[Winchester Cathedral]] because of the prominence of their genitalia.<ref name="Indy promninent">{{cite news|last=Alberge|first=Dalya|title=Cathedral ban on sculptor's 'indecent' minotaurs: Sophie Ryder's latest work has fallen foul of church censors because of its 'too prominent' genitalia. |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cathedral-ban-on-sculptors-indecent-minotaurs-sophie-ryders-latest-work-has-fallen-foul-of-church-censors-because-of-its-too-prominent-genitalia-dalya-alberge-reports-1368335.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cathedral-ban-on-sculptors-indecent-minotaurs-sophie-ryders-latest-work-has-fallen-foul-of-church-censors-because-of-its-too-prominent-genitalia-dalya-alberge-reports-1368335.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent |date=7 April 1994 |accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref> ===Influences=== When asked about what influences her, Ryder replied, "I don't sit and contemplate what it is I am trying to achieve. My head is full of ideas all the time. It is part of my life. I don't plan anything, it just comes." When asked why she portrays hares she replied, "Well, I find it difficult answering that question because I don't really know the answer. It's the same as asking me why I make sculptures, and the answer is, because I feel driven to. So it's difficult to always pin down reasons. My introduction to hares was when my lurcher dog would proudly bring hares home and drop them at my feet."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waterhouse & Dodd |url=https://www.waterhousedodd.com/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Waterhouse & Dodd |language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Sophie Ryder}} * [http://www.sophie-ryder.com/ Sophie Ryder website] * [http://www.hignellgallery.com/ Hignell Gallery website] * [https://debellefeuille.com/artist/ryder-sophie/ Gallery De Bellefeuille website] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Sophie}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:English women sculptors]] [[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools]] [[Category:Sculptors from London]] [[Category:21st-century British women artists]] [[Category:21st-century English women]] [[Category:21st-century English people]]'