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Many of Mr Bradford's commissions are sculptures of people's pets containing up to 3,000 toys each'I was staring into my children's cast-off toy boxes one day and thought they looked really beautiful,' said Robert, a part-time adult psychotherapist.' The toys made a great combination of colours, shapes and textures all jumbled up and it gave me the idea to glue, stick and screw them together into a new 'being' or species.' Robert's first piece was an Alsatian dog, made four years ago completely from his children's toys.' It was an experiment and I don't like it much now, but I loved the process so I started making more and more of them.' Robert has now created dozens of large-scale sculptures that use up to 3,000 toys each. He began with plastic figures and branched out to cuddly toys and household objects like nail brushes and Brillo pads.Most of his works are commissions from pet owners who want a toy version of their pets.
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Self-taught artist Robert Bradford sells his creations for up to £12,000 eachRobert recently exhibited in Paris and at the Fresh Air 2009 biennial sculpture exhibition in the Cotswolds.' Children are delighted by them, they grab their parents and drag them over to have a look,' he added.Robert started work on The Toy Angel months ago and completed it last week. The form was taken from a photograph of a large, renaissance sculpture by an unknown artist.' The sculpture is itself quite unusually muscular for such an ethereal being,' said Robert.' My daughter Lally MacBeth also kindly posed for me in order to contribute to the anatomy.' The Angel is loaded with several musical instruments'It's to convey to the viewer that it's quite rock and roll as Angels go,' he said.According to Robert, the angel's raised right finger is 'Renaissance Speak' for a message from God.Robert, who's keen on recycling, will be showing his work at the Henley Festival in London from Wednesday.To see more of his work, visit www.robertbradford.co.uk.
