David Cooke

Drawing inspiration from the shapes, patterns and behaviours born from the natural world, David creates sculptures in a wide variety of styles and media in his workshop in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. He has been creating animal sculptures in ceramic since his childhood but is constantly experimenting with new techniques, and materials, and is always ready to develop new skills such as bronze-casting, to turn his ideas into reality.

Drawing inspiration from the shapes, patterns and behaviours born from the natural world, David creates sculptures in a wide variety of styles and media in his workshop in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. He has been creating animal sculptures in ceramic since his childhood but is constantly experimenting with new techniques, and materials, and is always ready to develop new skills such as bronze-casting, to turn his ideas into reality.

With an unwavering love of working with clay to create one-off ceramic pieces, recent years have seen David experiment with various wax techniques, in order to reproduce his creations in bronze. David exhibits his work at galleries and art events throughout the UK and has claimed the ‘Overall Runner-Up’ spot in the prestigious Wildlife Artist of The Year competition at Mall Galleries in 2017 for his life-size bronze Orang-utan.