Nick the Potter
02 / Making story

The Football Fan

I photographed this one all the way through. It began as two boots on the bench and ended as a man sitting on a wall, and every stage in between is here in order.

The finished The Football Fan sculpture isolated against the page.

Modelled earthenware

The Football Fan

Thirty-six photographs, from a pair of heavy clay boots to a seated figure with his scarf, brick wall and final expression.

01—36The complete build

Part 01

Boots and beginnings

where the figure starts on the bench

Every sculpture begins with a small decision that won't be undone. For this piece it was the boots: two heavy, laced forms that had to look as if they had walked through mud. Once the feet had weight, the rest of the body could sit.

A wrapped clay form and the first boots on the bench.01

Frame 1 / 36

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