Robin Wight (artist)
artist and sculptor from Staffordshire
Robin Wight (born 1960) is an English artist and sculptor from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He is known for creating stainless steel wire sculptures which depict fairies. His best known sculpture is called Dancing with Dandelions.
Early life
According to Wight's website, he was born in 1960 and his father was an engineer. He began drawing in pencil during high school. He was creative throughout his life and began to create three dimensional art in his adult life.
Career
He has said that he received a camera in 2009, and while he was experimenting with the camera, he took a photo and he saw an apparition of a fairy in the photo. Then in 2010 he was repairing a wire fence and he became interested in the malleable wire. Soon after he created his first fairy with the same galvanized fence wire.
Making fairies began as a hobby for Wight.
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