Mel Fraser MRSS British

Mel Fraser is a contemporary sculptor specialising in stone. She has been carving stone in a variety of studios in and around, UK since the mid nineties and her body of work is diverse and multifaceted.

She carves ethereal abstract and entrancing figurative works, each laden with profound symbolic significance. She possesses an innate ability to interpret the unique idiosyncrasies of each piece of stone carving it into diaphanous veils of rippling alabaster, or conjuring a gleaming nimbus from deep within the rock.

Fraser expertly probes the limits of the physical properties of stone, pushing it to the brink of destruction, examining form, space and materiality with an earnest and palpable curiosity.

Mel Fraser traverses themes of mortality and the relentless passage of time. Her sculptures breathe life into languid, entangled figures, expressing a wide spectrum of human emotions, from sensual frivolity to the depths of passion and anguish.

With their voluptuous forms, fecund vitality and serene omniscience, her female figures evoke a primordial essence of the human psyche. Her sculptures resonate with universal themes, inviting us to contemplate the profound and eternal aspects of human nature while connecting viewers to the enduring power and beauty of stone. 

Mel Fraser’s work is held by collectors and corporate clients all over the world and a number of high-profile commissions include a piece sited in Frank Gehry’s Opus Building in Hong Kong and another at the headquarters of the GMB Union in London which was worked from a 10 tonne block of Kilkenny limestone.

Her work has been exhibited across the UK, Europe and in New York and has been selected on numerous occasions to show at on form, the UK’s most prestigious stone-only sculpture exhibition, showing alongside Emily Young, Paul Vanstone and Peter Randall-Page.

Mel has been a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors since 2017.

- Ros Thompson