Jonathan Sells’ new sculpture, at Osprey Quay, was commissioned as part of The Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy. Children from the existing Underhill School on Portland influenced the design with their own ideas for their new school, and Jonathan was tasked with completing the stone panel.
Read more about the Osprey Quay sculpture here (this is a link to another website and will open in a new window).
Wareham Market’s towering Portland stone monument has been withdrawn from auction following a public outcry.
Read article in The Daily Echo
A statue honouring Frank Foley, the Highbridge war hero who saved the lives of thousands of Jews, was unveiled on Sunday May 8th.
Read more on burham-on-sea.com website.
Dorset Sculptor, Jonathan Sells, with his carving of Frank Foley
A wartime bureaucrat who saved thousands of Jews is being immortalised in stone by Corfe Castle sculptor Jonathan Sells.
FRANK FOLEY – THE QUIET BRITONFrank Foley is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
Despite being described as “a true British hero”, by Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, the role Frank Foley played in helping thousands of Jews to escape from Nazi Germany has remained largely unrecognised even in his home town. But all that looks set to change.
Below: Jonathan Sells at the unveiling of a plaque he carved for Holton Lee, in Dorset. Friday 6th February 2004.
The above article is from Holton Lee News, Issue No. 18, Spring 2004.