Ama Menec - Sculpture 

Following a successful talk at the London Lesbian History Group on the 30th November, I've updated my Anne Lister page to include many images of the work in progress, taken in October and November. I'm largely working on her underskirts and the folding of the fabric under her coat flaps, as well as her boots and gaiters. To do this she is often standing on her head, and her arms are getting bent in the wrong way, but by working from the base upwards these will be corrected an

I'll be giving a talk at the London Lesbian History Group on the 30th of November on the challenges of sculpting Anne Lister, what she really looked like, and the fine line she trod between 'masculine' and 'feminine' in her clothing and accessories. It's a real honour to be invited to speak and will be the first time I've visited since the late 1980's, when I attended a talk on Gluck by Diana Souhami there. I'm learning to love Power Point; it's the first time I've used it! #

I've been a tad quiet these last couple of months as I'm busy working on the Anne Lister maquette. I've bought a set of Regency Pelisse patterns the better to understand how much fabric there is and thus how much billowing I can have in her sculpted skirts and back of her coat. Consequently, Anne Lister is spending much time upside down balanced on her head while I sort out her attire, and build in the maximum movement into them, at quite a cost to her hat brim, but I can rep

I gave a talk at LFest in North Wales on the 21st July all about my Public Sculpture of Anne Lister project

She is an important figure and it can send a powerful message to future generations. We have statues to pirates, MP's, traitors and slavers so why not raise one to a woman who was also a lesbian. it's obviously This person is iconic and we need more representation Anne Lister was a very important figure for women and especially lesbians, since she did not let herself be carried away by what the society of the time expected of her and did what she wanted at all times. She was

It is important that statues reflect the diversity of the communities of the UK Anne Lister was a formidable woman. She deserves the recognition she should have been given back in the olden days. Her business like mind and self taught education should be a reminder that any women or man for that matter, deserves to be the praised for their accomplishments. Time to celebrate true diversity in this country. Anne Lister was an out proud, defiant lesbian. Totally ahead of her tim

I've been studying Anne Lister's life since the late 1980's when I lived in and around Halifax. During my Ceramics Degree I also taught Lesbian Herstory at the Women's Centre in Nottingham, with one module dedicated just to the life of Anne Lister. I am now trying to persuade Calderdale Council that they need to have me sculpt the first public sculpture of an out modern lesbian, Anne Lister for Shibden Hall. To convince them I have set up a petition which you can find here: h