Cemmick Wylder :: Fine Art

Cemmick & Wylder • The Company

David Cemmick (Sculptor) and Sebastian Wylder (Mould Maker) started working together and founded Cemmick and Wylder fine art bronze in 2005, creating and producing original limited edition bronze wildlife sculptures.
The Cemmick and Wylder head office is situated in the picturesque village of Burton-in-Kendal, South Lakeland, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Our work can be viewed at a select group of galleries around the UK.
Please see our viewings page for gallery outlets and forthcoming exhibitions.

David Cemmick
Born in Darlington, Co Durham, UK in 1955.

Following training in animal anatomy, at the World of Nature, Yorkshire, he became a freelance artist in 1975. A passionate wildlife observer and conservationist, David's travels have taken him to the remotest corners of the globe to draw nature as he sees it, in the wild. Television appearances and conservation work with Prof. David Bellamy molded his early career and his first two books documented the ground-breaking conservation work of the New Zealand Wildlife Services. For four years he held the post of Senior Lecturer in Environmental Illustration at the University of Sunderland. In 2005, his passion for three dimensional texture and surface quality embraced foundry bronze sculpture and launched a new creative direction.

Field expeditions
1977- Texel Holland
1978- Shetland Hebrides
1979- Kenya East Africa
1980- The Gambia West Africa
1982 Mallorca, Balearic Islands
1983-1984 New Zealand Wildlife Service endangered black Robin
1986- Madagascar research, conservation foundation
1986-87 New Zealand Wildlife Service Endangered Kakapo Parrot
1988- Madagascar Environmental Research Group
1990-91 Indian Subcontinent, Northern Reserves
1991-94 Isle of May Firth Scotland
1995- Mallorca Balearic Forna & Flora
1996 – Morant Cays Marine Research Jamaica
1987-89 La Borie Noble, Roqueredonde France
2000- Sir Bani Yas Wildlife reserve United Arab Emirates
2002 Jukkasjarvi Lapland
2004-06 Jura Island Western Scotland
2007-08 Far East and Thailand

Sebastian Wylder

Born in Bournemouth UK 1971

Educated in the United Arab Emirates and Singapore
Trained in Landscape Gardening

Finishing his education, Seb left Singapore to be with his family and further his rugby career in Auckland, New Zealand. Spending five years here to learn his trade, Seb decided to return to the UK.

Working as a green keeper for the Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames for three years, Seb was given the opportunity by his uncle, sculptor Johnathan Wylder, to join the family business in Belgravia, London. Here, he learnt all aspects of mould making, foundry bronze casting, setting up and running exhibitions and the general management of The Jonathan Wylder Gallery in London.

In 2000, Seb moved to South Lakeland with his wife Joanne and started a family and a new business. Whilst mould making for a variety of artists, he commissioned works to be sold in galleries both in the UK and abroad. This led to his meeting with David Cemmick and the formation of Cemmick and Wylder fine art bronze.