Icarus I

Nicola was commissioned to make a piece of sculpture for the London Olympics 2012. The figure is of the life sized boy Icarus, son of Daedalus, about to leap off into the sky and freedom.  The original work was made in clay and plaster and took many months to make. It was then cast into bronze and then transported to London and placed in the central competitor’s area in the Olympic Village during both the Olympics and the Paralympics in 2012.

Nicola has been fascinated by the Icarus myth and found him an inspiring figure of daring, youthful courage and optimism. She has gone on to create 10 more Icarus figures and does not think that she is finished yet.

On the plinth below the figure is part of a poem written for the work by writer and poet Michael Spilberg, it reads:

My Audacity Was My Joy,

Not My Disaster,

I reached A Glory Higher Than Olympus,

My Fall Was Worth The Flight.

Cast into bronze by Talos Art Foundry