The Journey by David Mayne

Steel sculptures for the Steel City! Cupola is delighted to host a solo show by David Mayne. David Mayne has a close connection with Sheffield – he moved there in 1983 to study Fine Art (Sculpture) and remained in the city until 2004 when he re-located to his current home on the outskirts of Holmfirth. It was in Sheffield that he first started using the material of steel – his studio was also home to a mark maker known as a “little Mester” and the area was surrounded by the steel industry, its associated trades and various scrap yards; a perfect source of materials, inspiration and equipment for a young sculptor beginning a career working with metal.

Now an established artist with many public and private commissions under his belt and an extensive exhibitions catalogue, we are welcoming him back to Cupola for his first solo show since 2016. David’s new exhibition, entitled Journey is his story of making sculpture and the places and things that inspire him. Much of it landscape – mountains and woodland areas that have been a place of adventure, discovery and more recently sanctuary.