Materials

All my sculptures are made resin reinforced with fibre glass. This makes them suitable for indoors or outdoors.

My main finishes are:

Commissions

Territorial Streak - London Zoo Tiger
By Abby and Teresa Martin

This commission was created for ZSL London Zoo to help raise awareness of the plight of Sumatran tigers in the wild. London Zoo wanted 5 tiger sculptures to illustrate the emergence to adulthood of Jae-Jae, their magnificent Sumatran tiger. This version was to show him with all his fighting tools on display, delivering a winning punch. 

It was cast using a rubber mould from the master modelled from 4 dustbins full of clay (remodelled from its previous existence as a life-sized humpback whale fin !) 

The different metals in the glass fibre resin compete with the elements and acid effects of the rain to be the dominant colour. The streaks created give the impression of movement, the forward thrust of his attack. He needs to win if he is to help his streak of tigers to survive and thrive. The stripy texture looks like scratch marks as if they are part of his fight for
existence as well as his camouflage. 

The platform he stands on represents the little bit of land left to the tigers that he is defending as well as being his defence against the human onslaught at the zoo. Part of the challenge was how to make a sculpture survive in a Zoo environment on a tight budget. Rising to this challenge was our mother/daughter team making and casting this Indonesian creature through a snowy Winter in the South of England. 

The New Tiger Territory opened in March 2013.

Woman portrait photo

Territorial Streak - London Zoo Tiger
By Abby and Teresa Martin

Woman portrait photo
Woman portrait photo

This commission was created for ZSL London Zoo to help raise awareness of the plight of Sumatran tigers in the wild. London Zoo wanted 5 tiger sculptures to illustrate the emergence to adulthood of Jae-Jae, their magnificent Sumatran tiger. This version was to show him with all his fighting tools on display, delivering a winning punch. 

It was cast using a rubber mould from the master modelled from 4 dustbins full of clay (remodelled from its previous existence as a life-sized humpback whale fin !) 

The different metals in the glass fibre resin compete with the elements and acid effects of the rain to be the dominant colour. The streaks created give the impression of movement, the forward thrust of his attack. He needs to win if he is to help his streak of tigers to survive and thrive. The stripy texture looks like scratch marks as if they are part of his fight for
existence as well as his camouflage. 

The platform he stands on represents the little bit of land left to the tigers that he is defending as well as being his defence against the human onslaught at the zoo. Part of the challenge was how to make a sculpture survive in a Zoo environment on a tight budget. Rising to this challenge was our mother/daughter team making and casting this Indonesian creature through a snowy Winter in the South of England. 

The New Tiger Territory opened in March 2013.

Adur Portals - Sussex Past Meets Adur Future
By Abby and Teresa Martin

Woman portrait photo

Created in 2013 as a community arts project funded by Adur District Council, inspired by the drawings and creative writing of local children exploring the hidden portals and architectural details of their town.

The work combines local history, industry, folklore, and imagination. Using ideas of “modern fossils” and secret passageways beneath Marlipins Museum, the sculpture contains embedded objects, fossil-like forms, hidden creatures, photograph negatives of local people, and references to Shoreham’s fishing, engineering, and maritime heritage.

The Portals were modelled in clay and cast in stone resin using reconstituted stone, graphite, silica, and marble dust. Flint details reference both the traditional knapped flint walls of Sussex and the marks made today by modern traffic climbing Mill Hill.

Designed to invite discovery, touch, and imagination, the work includes hidden details for children and tactile elements for visually impaired visitors. Architectural influences include the Norman churches of Old and New Shoreham, the Marlipins, the old Norfolk Bridge, and the former Shoreham footbridge.

Celebrating the old and the new, the inward and the outward, the work captures layers of memory, place, and community within Adur.

Adur Portals - Sussex Past Meets Adur Future
By Abby and Teresa Martin

Woman portrait photo
Woman portrait photo

Created in 2013 as a community arts project funded by Adur District Council, inspired by the drawings and creative writing of local children exploring the hidden portals and architectural details of their town.

The work combines local history, industry, folklore, and imagination. Using ideas of “modern fossils” and secret passageways beneath Marlipins Museum, the sculpture contains embedded objects, fossil-like forms, hidden creatures, photograph negatives of local people, and references to Shoreham’s fishing, engineering, and maritime heritage.

The Portals were modelled in clay and cast in stone resin using reconstituted stone, graphite, silica, and marble dust. Flint details reference both the traditional knapped flint walls of Sussex and the marks made today by modern traffic climbing Mill Hill.

Designed to invite discovery, touch, and imagination, the work includes hidden details for children and tactile elements for visually impaired visitors. Architectural influences include the Norman churches of Old and New Shoreham, the Marlipins, the old Norfolk Bridge, and the former Shoreham footbridge.

Celebrating the old and the new, the inward and the outward, the work captures layers of memory, place, and community within Adur.

Subolesco – Frensham Heights
Mysterious Mycelium

Woman portrait photo

In 2009, just after completing her Fine Art degree, Abby Martin won a public commission to create a feature sculpture for the grounds of a school in Surrey. Subolesco was the first project created inside the newly established Martin Sculpture Workshops.

Chosen by the children and staff at Frensham Heights School, the 250cm-high mushroom sculptures still stand today beside the driveway, reflected in the seasonal flood waters of the surrounding woodland.

Like many sculptural works, Subolesco began as a series of maquettes — small-scale working models presented to the commissioners before the final design was selected. Fourteen years later, one-tenth scale versions of these original maquettes are emerging throughout the gardens of Shoreham Art Gallery, now available as individual garden sculptures.

Mycelium works in mysterious ways — its magic quietly performing beneath our feet.

Subolesco – Frensham Heights
Mysterious Mycelium

Woman portrait photo
Woman portrait photo


In 2009, just after completing her Fine Art degree, Abby Martin won a public commission to create a feature sculpture for the grounds of a school in Surrey. Subolesco was the first project created inside the newly established Martin Sculpture Workshops.

Chosen by the children and staff at Frensham Heights School, the 250cm-high mushroom sculptures still stand today beside the driveway, reflected in the seasonal flood waters of the surrounding woodland.

Like many sculptural works, Subolesco began as a series of maquettes — small-scale working models presented to the commissioners before the final design was selected. Fourteen years later, one-tenth scale versions of these original maquettes are emerging throughout the gardens of Shoreham Art Gallery, now available as individual garden sculptures.

Mycelium works in mysterious ways — its magic quietly performing beneath our feet.

In 2009, just after completing her Fine Art degree, Abby Martin won a public commission to create a feature sculpture for the grounds of a school in Surrey. Subolesco was the first project created inside the newly established Martin Sculpture Workshops.

Chosen by the children and staff at Frensham Heights School, the 250cm-high mushroom sculptures still stand today beside the driveway, reflected in the seasonal flood waters of the surrounding woodland.

Like many sculptural works, Subolesco began as a series of maquettes — small-scale working models presented to the commissioners before the final design was selected. Fourteen years later, one-tenth scale versions of these original maquettes are emerging throughout the gardens of Shoreham Art Gallery, now available as individual garden sculptures.

Mycelium works in mysterious ways — its magic quietly performing beneath our feet.

Feel free to get in touch to discuss sculpture

Mushrooms sculptures by Abby Martin
outdoor garden sculpture by Abby Martin
Outdoor owl sculture sussex

Feel free to get in touch to discuss sculpture

Mushrooms sculptures by Abby Martin
outdoor garden sculpture by Abby Martin
Outdoor owl sculture sussex

Feel free to get in touch to discuss sculpture

Mushrooms sculptures by Abby Martin
outdoor garden sculpture by Abby Martin
Outdoor owl sculture sussex