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‘I don’t have a relationship with my face’: Judi Dench models for a live sculpture
To raise money for lymphoedema research, the actor sat before an audience for artist Frances Segelman, who admired her youthful, ‘pixie-like’ face while rendering it in clay
At Claridge’s hotel in London on Monday evening, Frances Segelman hosted her latest ticking-clock sculpt: paying guests watch as she kneads a celebrity bust on stage, the subject sitting quietly beside her. Ticket sales raised over £20,000 and it’s hoped that, when it’s cast in bronze, the finished piece will fetch double that ( St George’s hospital Charity in Tooting, London, has begun accepting bids). Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PAHis favourite Dench role was M in Skyfall; informal canvassing of the crowd for her key performances saw a big win for the James Bond films, but also strong results for the sitcoms As Time Goes By and A Fine Romance, as well as the Iris Murdoch biopic (there were a lot of doctors in the room).
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