Ptolemy Elrington (1965) was born in the south of England but grew up in the north. He studied art and design to degree level at Bradford and Illkley Community College in the mid eighties. He has travelled extensively and has worked at a variety of jobs. These have included theatre set design and construction, stage design and construction, assorted large scale community art sculptural projects and all whilst pursuing his own artistic agenda.
Within his work he concentrates on creating sculpture of natural forms from found and re-cycled materials. At the moment he is working with a variety of materials including shopping trolleys, scrap metal and car wheel trims which he re-shapes into a variety of life forms.
Past clients include DEFRA (formerly MAFF), The Eden Project, Kenwood, the R.S.P.B., The Environment Agency, WWF, Essex County Council, Brighton County Council, Ronseal, Anglian Water, East Coast Trains and Ecover.
TV appearances include Richard and Judy, Blue Peter, Smart and Art Attack and Collectors Lot.
Printed media appearances include The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Sun, FHM, The Observer and numerous local papers as well as many international magazines and papers.
He has exhibited several times in London, also in Brighton, Haslemere, Rutland, Salisbury, Scotland and also in Barcelona, Spain and Athens, Greece.
He currently lives and works in Brighton.
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At work
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| Archer Fish |
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| Arctic Wolf |
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| Chickens |
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Chicken (detail)
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| Cyber Spider |
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| Cyber Spider |
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| Menagerie Creative |
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| Menagerie Creative |
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| Baboon Skeleton |
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| Eagle |
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| Frog |
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| Guitar |
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Imperial Scaldfish
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| Mirror Carp |
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| Toucan |
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| Viperfish |
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| Octopus |
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| Junk Angler Fish |
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| Braintree Birds |
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| Chinchilla |
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| Flamingo |
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| Hornet |
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Little John Dory
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| Pool Shark Commission |
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Wild Boar
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| Samurai |
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| Archer fish |
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| Butterfly Fish |
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| Butterfly |
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| Cowfish |
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| Fox |
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| Horse |
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| Frilled Lizard |
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| HubCat |
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| Husky Puppy Commission |
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| Spiky Ibis |
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