Dame Elisabeth Frink, R.A. (1930-1993)

‘When studied, it will be found that the Heads have in each case a decidedly different character, and that it is the detail which proved to be important in accomplishing this. She had made an unusually special point, and for the first time, of examining features, the form and intricacies of, say, the ear and its lobes; being she said ‘fascinated by teeth’, and by giving a glimpse of their rough edges between slightly parted lips, she shows us the extraordinary: a gruesome touch' (S. Gardiner, The Official biography of Elisabeth Frink, London, 1998, p. 158).