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Amy Walmsley

This maquette of Amy Walmsley, suffragist, educator and councillor, was commissioned by the Women of Bedford in order to help raise funds for a large version of the sculpture to be sited on the Embankment in Bedford.

After three years of voluntary work, aiming to raise enough funds for the full sized sculpture of Amy Walmsley, the Women of Bedford realised that Covid-19 made it even harder to raise the large amount of money needed for a 7ft high bronze.

So the focus shifted to having a bronze cast from the maquette, to be displayed in The Higgins Bedford, in an exhibition about Amy Walmsley, as part of Women's International Day on the 8th March 2022.

The maquete has also been 3D scanned by Europac 3D, as can been seen in this slide show, and the resulting 3D print will be used for local schools educational projects by Creative Bedford.

The bronze of the maquette was cast by Castle Fine Arts Foundry, and is now in the permanent collection of the Higgins Bedford.