Geometry is the starting point for my designs and I manipulate this to create illusions of movement and enhance the interplay of light and shadow. In this way my work engages the viewer, inviting further exploration. Clay was my first love and my work has naturally evolved to include marble, wood, concrete, bronze and glass, each offering different challenges of mutability and scale.My work has won numerous awards and is held in public and private collections worldwide.

Reading Museum, ReadingWatts Gallery, GuildfordV&A, Sculpture Collection, Gallery 21, 2023, LondonV&A, Ceramic Collection, 2008, LondonVictoria Gallery & Museum, LiverpoolWakefield Council, 2 public art piecesFitzwilliam MuseumSovereign Asian Arts, Hong KongManchester City Art GalleryThe Hepworth Wakefield, wall sculpture (acquired through The Jerwood Foundation), 2022The Hepworth Wakefield, 3 prints, 2022The Hepworth Wakefield, installation of 2 sculptures, 2008Her Highness Sheikha Maryam Bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Abu Dhabi Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryAntony House, National TrustHer Royal Highness Rania Al-Abdullah, JordanJerwood Foundation, 3 Sculptures Leeds Museum & Art Gallery, installation of 3 sculpturesWalker Art Gallery and Museum, LiverpoolTouchstone Museum & GalleryHigham Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, 2 sculpturesDundee Museum and Art GalleryHarris Museum, PrestonShipley Museum and Art Gallery, GatesheadBolton MuseumGallery OldhamPeter Scott Gallery Trust, LancasterToe Gallery, Mumbai, IndiaBlackburn Museum and Art Gallery, sculpture, 2005Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Wall sculpture, 2013Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, 5 wallpaper designs, 2019Knowsley Museums and Galleries

Published to mark an extraordinary twenty-five year period of carving into materials, this book documents Halima Cassell’s development as an artist and the biographical journey of her artistic practice.Cassell is an artist of consummate skill and ingenuity. Her distinctive style integrates bold forms with an infinite variety of deeply carved, complex patterns, where form meets shadow. She draws inspiration from geometry found in nature, her surroundings and from her own heritage, all of which have become the basis of Cassell’s visual vocabulary.This important publication was made possible with part funding from the Arts Council. It is a record of the creative output of one of today’s finest sculptors, whose work is held in leading national and international collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Hepworth Wakefield and Birmingham Art Gallery. It is also the biographical journey of an artist’s creative development, from her earliest creative beginnings to her significant, ongoing installation, Virtues of Unity.Essays by art critics, curators and colleagues provide revealing analysis of Cassell’s work and practiceIncludes a richly illustrated catalogue spanning twenty-five years of workOver 900 colour photographs of Cassell’s work and methods, including maquettes, sketches, work in progress, exhibitions and work in situUniquely accessible to a wide range of readers: specialists, collectors, students of art, museum and gallery and the general publicSuitable for art institutions, museums and galleries and educational establishments25 prints, each in a limited edition of 25, are available to purchase to coincide with the publication of the book.

For me, this installation is about togetherness and acceptance of each other, looking more at the virtues that unite us all, regardless of our cultural or religious backgrounds or the superficial differences in our appearances, such as the colour and texture of our skin and hair.Using the clay vessels as a metaphor for the human race, seems appropriate to me as we all come from the earth and it’s this same earth that we shall all return to.Each clay vessel in ‘Virtues of Unity’ has or will be made from clay that has been sourced from countries around the world – so it is my hope to acquire clay from every country around the world where it is possible to get it from.Each piece is titled to suggest a different virtue that associates us all with our aspirational valuesIf you would like to be part of this project and are able to help me source clay from your country please get in touch: info@halimacassell.com I am hoping to do a publication at the end of the project which will have all the stories of the clays being acquired for the installation. This will include – who got the clay, why they were/are in the country, how the clay was obtained, when they got the clay, where the clay came from, what the clay is traditionally used for and any technical information about the clay

Numerous commissions for various clients creating indoor & outdoor sculpture

Oceania Ship, 2023, 2 handcarved concrete sculpturesUniversity of Central Lancashire, Preston, outdoor granite wall frieze and granite bookends for seating area'Light Catcher’ 14'H Oak, celebrating 50 years of the AONB, Forest of Bowland4 Viking Cruise liners – 4 ceramic wall friezes on Viking, Viking Sea, Viking Sky & Viking Sun ShipsP&O Cruise liner Britannia – 4 large bronze sculptures‘The Flower Dome’ 4'H x 8'Dia - Rampton Hospital/Secure Unit, Art Project, Nottingham‘Flight of the Osprey' 4'H x 20'W, Fence sculpture and wall-mounted friezes - Arnold Lodge, art project with A.I.M. for the new Rutland Ward, LeicesterAzura Cruiser P&O, 26 free-standing clay sculptures and wall-mounted friezes. ‘Blossom Way’ 8'H x 40'W - ceramic wall sculpture, Blackburn (Northgate) ‘6 gateway sculpture’ 2 x (11' x 2'Sq) & 4 x (6'H x 2'Sq), brick clay - Nature Reserve Sculpture Park, Clitheroe Ribble Valley Designed ‘Paving & Fencing’ - Barbra Castle Way, Blackburn ‘Ceramic Wall Tiles Relief’, 4'H x 10'W - National Wildflower Centre, Liverpool