Clive Soord is a professional artist and sculptor who lives in the cathedral city of Canterbury in the south of England. While he’s not creating his own works of art in metal or clay, he teaches others how to do so at Canterbury College.

Clive works extensively in clay and makes incredible ceramic jugs and urns, bowls, teapots, mugs... you name it. But it’s his creation of an endless variety of richly detailed dragons, fantasy creatures and gargoyles, together with his lifelong interest in fantasy, magic and mythology, which has earned him the title ‘Master of the Dragons’.

Lost wax casting is an ancient art form and one for which Clive has a deep passion. He casts in bronze, aluminium and glass, performing the entire process himself from start to finish, using a variety of traditional and modern tools and kilns. His finished pieces, which range from mythical beasts through real beasts to giant chess sets and life portraits, are truly labours of love.

On this web site you’ll find pictures of some of his work, including a series of shots that give an insight into the lost wax casting process. Also to be found are dragons (of course), gargoyles, characters

from Jabberwocky, Batman as never seen before, the incredible cast bronze chess set, Mars the god of war, pirates and pilots, several bears and a lot more.

Many of the articles you’ll see pictured are for sale, so if you are interested please get in touch, or better still come to an Open House weekend (every October) where you will be able to see many of these pieces, as well as lots of others, in the flesh.

Clive also undertakes commissions, so if what you’re after isn’t pictured, or you fancy having a loved one immortalised in bronze, please don’t hesitate to contact Clive.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy the pictures.