The title of The Guild's new exhibition, Sculpsit means 'he (or she) sculptured it: an inscription following the artist's name on a sculpture.' Up till the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and an engraver translating it to wood or copper.

"Similarly," says curator Sasha Altaf, "this exhibition envisions sculpture not as an abstract continuum, but as a material envelope that grows organically from the original drawing, sketch, maquette or photograph. Therefore, the artist plays the role of the artist and the engraver."