The Myth of Coade Stone with Stephen Pettifer from COADE

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This week I am interviewing Stephen Pettifer, who researched and brought back the Coade stone method and then set up his own company, COADE. As a group of classically trained designers and carvers whose work can be translated into a breadth of styles and materials, including Coade stone and bronze, they have the ability to take on restoration work as well as new projects: https://coade.co.uk/

Contents of this video:
00:00 coming up
00:29 introduction
01:10 COADE as a company
02:50 Eleanor Coade
05:34 the myth of Coade stone
08:00 making vases for parapets
09:11 process
12:38 whippet
14:13 restoring big vases
16:33 corbel design
17:56 3D scanning
20:44 intellectual property
23:35 recumbent lions
25:07 Stephen's journey
31:11 setting up a business
32:15 more figurative work
33:31 dream commission
34:06 the future of carving
37:44 conclusion

Things mentioned in the video:
Eleanor Coade https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/l...
Giuseppe Parrinello    • Mould-making with ceramic artist and desig...  
Clunie Fretton    • BOMBASTIC HERALDRY with master woodcarver ...  
City & Guilds of London Art School https://www.cityandguildsartschool.ac...
Anish Kapoor https://anishkapoor.com/
Cliveden Conservation https://clivedenconservation.com/

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Produced and presented by Aliénor Cros https://www.alienorcros.com/
Shot and edited by Edgar Lowe
Music by Lorena Shapiro   / upper_attic  
Stop-motion intro by Georgie Beattie   / gbeats24  

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