Manuel Garcia Calderon

http://www.artparks.co.uk/artpark_sculpture.php?sculpture=4242&sculptor=manuel_garcia_calderon Sculpture: 'Human Balance' by Manuel Garcia Calderon

http://manuel-garcia-calderon.artparks.co.uk/artpark_sculpture_sculptor_details.php?artistID=867&sculptor=manuel_garcia_calderon García was born on 17 March 1805 either in Madrid, as has been traditionally stated, or in the town of Zafra in Badajoz Province, Spain. His father was singer and teacher Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García (Manuel García I, 1775–1832). His sisters were Maria Malibran (1808–1836) and Pauline Viardot (1821–1910). After abandoning his onstage career as a baritone, García began to teach at the Paris Conservatory (1830–48) and the Royal Academy of Music, London (1848–95). Jessie Bond, Camille Everardi, Erminia Frezzolini, Julius Günther, Jenny Lind, Mathilde Marchesi, Christina Nilsson, Julia Ettie Crane, Julius Stockhausen, Marie Tempest, and Henry Wood were among his pupils. He invented a laryngoscope in 1854 and the next year published observations of his own larynx and vocal cords made with a small dental mirror introduced into the throat and using sunlight reflected by another mirror. García was interested in movements connected with the production of the singing voice and did not anticipate the importance of laryngoscopy for medicine. Still, the University of Königsberg conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.D. He died in London in 1906 at the age of 101 years and was buried in the churchyard of St. Edward's Catholic church in Sutton Green, Surrey. His grave gives details of his many famous pupils and accomplishments.       He is an observer of nature, synthesized simple forms defining the creations of nature in his sculptures. Always try to uncover the hidden message of myths and symbols used in the dissemination of real art. Work with recycled materials in most cases, these are natural stones without mechanical treatment, recycling iron and other materials such as glass, copper, aluminum ...   This is a technique I found and looked at when writing my evaluation and inspiration of how I can progress this project future if I had the time or later on in education. The next couple are artists I have looked at reflecting on my evaluation and way if I could push my work forward if I had the access or funding to the materials or like wise.