Sculpting Zuckerberg, Melania, Boris Johnson & Thatcher | Wilfrid Wood | TEDxNewcastle

Artist Wilfrid Wood rose to prominence sculpting controversial likenesses of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 80s. In this talk, Wilfrid gives us a look into his craft and how he approaches his work in recreating Mark Zuckerberg, Melania Trump, Boris Johnson and David Hockney among many others in plasticine, portraits and on iPads.
Follow Wilfrid on @wilfridwoodsculptor After dumping a career in graphics, Wilfrid plunged into prop making at cult classic British television show, Spitting Image. Here he learnt his trade as an ‘apprentice headbuilder’, starting in the Eyeballs and Blinks department and moving on to Dogs and Sheep.
25 years later he is now a portrait artist. His subjects are famous people, invented characters, strangers and friends. He spends hours studying characters in the supermarket, on the bus and in celebrity magazines. Wilfrid is commissioned to make both sculpted and drawn portraits, regularly drawing people from life in his Hackney studio.
Currently he is engaged in a series of pastel portraits, mainly of curious individuals who have made contact through Instagram and volunteered their time. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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Thanks for talking your arts. The story of your career is so interesting. I like you so much also for your sense of humour. You make me smile early in the morning here in the mountain of Italy.