Stephen Kettle

Stephen Kettle (born 12 July 1966 in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England) is a British sculptor who works exclusively with slate.^[1][2]

Stephen Kettle
Kettle with his sculpture of Sir Donald Gosling and Sir Ronald Hobson, founders of NCP car parks
Born	12 July 1966  Castle Bromwich
Occupation	Sculptor

Career

Detail of the slate statue of Alan Turing by Stephen Kettle at Bletchley Park in 2007^[3]

Kettle is a self-taught sculptor with no formal training.^[2] His best known works include a statue of the Supermarine Spitfire's designer R. J. Mitchell, commissioned for the Science Museum in London,^[4] which was the first statue of its type in the world,^{[citation needed]} and a life-size statue of Alan Turing, the founder of computer science and Enigma codebreaker,^[5] commissioned by the American philanthropist Sidney Frank for Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.^[3]

Besides the statues of Turing and Mitchell, other notable works by Kettle include portrait busts of the following:

• George Zambellas, first sea lord at RNAS Yeovilton
• Winston Churchill in Buckingham Palace
• Frederick Barclay at the London Ritz
• Donald Gosling
• Ronald Hobson
• A double portrait of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the grounds of Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.

Sculpture by Kettle of George Zambellas at RNAS Yeovilton

Personal life

Kettle lives with his wife and three children in west London.^[6]