James B Munro Artist

Figurative sculpture dominated Jim Munro’s output as a student in the early 1950s at Edinburgh College of Art. After graduating, a number of commissions followed before he settled down to employment in Art Education. He soon established a ceramic workshop with his wife Nancy at Fisherrow, Musselburgh where Jim continued to create a series of striking portrait heads in clay and plaster. Learning to weld metal was a water-shed moment for developing many sculptural construction ideas while collaborations with bronze foundries and engineers enabled the making of some of his most iconic work; plasma cut in thick steel and highly polished.  At that time a team of folk including family members supported and worked with Jim to achieve his sculptural objectives and prodigious output. Much of which was driven directly by a powerful work ethic and his creative themes inspired by his experience as a jazz musician.