Images show clay original for bronze.
Bronze, Signed Hamish Mackie
Numbered Edition of 12
Dated 2026
approx 63cm high x 80cm long x 128cm wide / approx 25″ x 31.5″ x 50.5″
Sculptures can be shipped worldwide at cost, no VAT payable on exports outside the EU.
£TBC
The hare has long been one of my signature subjects, an animal I return to sculpt again and again through my career. Each new series provides an opportunity to study these remarkable creatures afresh, and also to explore how my own sculptural style continues to evolve.
These latest hare sculptures began as original clay models sculpted over steel and aluminium armatures, following extensive field research and observation. The time I spent watching and studying hares in their natural environment reminded me anew of the qualities that make them such compelling subjects.
The sculptures have been modelled in a style that is both bold and delicate. Confident, expressive mark making captures the movement and energy of the hare, while subtle details convey its sensitivity and character. Rather than pursuing photographic realism, my intention is to create wildlife sculptures that communicate the spirit of the animal through form, gesture and surface – not just a cold hard metal.
Each sculpture is cast using the ceramic shell lost-wax bronze casting process, a technique capable of preserving every detail of the original clay. The finished bronze retains the energy of sculpting the soft clay, capturing all the textures, tool marks and expressive modelling with extraordinary fingerprint detail.
These bronze hare sculptures are at a scale suitable for placement in both interior and garden settings. They reflect a lifelong fascination with wildlife and a commitment to creating timeless bronze sculpture that brings a sense of life, movement and connection to the natural world.
Hare Airborne 2026 captures a hare at full stretch, suspended in mid-air with all four feet clear of the ground. It is a fleeting moment of extraordinary speed and athleticism, gone in an instant.
A bronze-cast branch supports the composition while allowing negative space beneath the animal, creating a sense of lightness, movement and freedom. The hare appears to float, emphasising the effortless grace and explosive power for which the species is renowned.
Bold, expressive modelling brings energy to the surface. The result is a bronze that feels remarkably alive—capturing not just the form of the hare, but the exhilaration of movement itself.
