David Cemmick & Sebastian Wylder
La Grande Chasse
Bronze £22,000
Wild life artist David Cemmick has travelled the globe documenting conservation projects.
Jambo the Gorilla
Bronze £29,500
David sketched Jambo in Jersey Zoo. In the wild the dominant male silverback gorilla protects the group.
David Cemmick (Sculptor) and Sebastian Wylder (Mould Maker) started working together and founded Cemmick and Wylder fine art bronze in 2005, creating and producing original limited edition bronze wildlife sculptures.
Following training in animal anatomy, at the World of Nature, Yorkshire, David became a freelance artist in 1975. A passionate wildlife observer and conservationist, David's travels have taken him to the remotest corners of the globe to draw nature as he sees it, in the wild. Television appearances and conservation work with Prof. David Bellamy molded his early career and his first two books documented the ground-breaking conservation work of the New Zealand Wildlife Services. For four years he held the post of Senior Lecturer in Environmental Illustration at the University of Sunderland. In 2005, his passion for three dimensional texture and surface quality embraced foundry bronze sculpture and launched a new creative direction.
Working as a green keeper for the Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames for three years, Seb was given the opportunity by his uncle, sculptor Johnathan Wylder, to join the family business in Belgravia, London. Here, he learnt all aspects of mould making, foundry bronze casting, setting up and running exhibitions and the general management of The Jonathan Wylder Gallery in London.
In 2000, Seb moved to South Lakeland with his wife Joanne and started a family and a new business. Whilst mould making for a variety of artists, he commissioned works to be sold in galleries both in the UK and abroad. This led to his meeting with David Cemmick and the formation of Cemmick and Wylder fine art bronze.
