Reg Butler (1960)

C/U of a bronze or metal sculpture by Reg Butler; ’Figure in Space’ - a female figure in a diving or flying position, attached by a metal wire to a revolving circular base. M/S and C/U of a standing female figure with head lowered and no arms, ’Study of a Figure Bending’. C/Us of another ’Figure in Space’; this one is floating through a grid of metal wires. All are seen in exhibition at Hanover Gallery, London. C/U of Reg Butler wearing protective goggles and welding another ’Figure in Space’ sculpture at his home in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire; he stops welding, takes off his goggles and looks at his work. M/S of him sitting before the sculpture - suspended above - in his garden studio as he adjusts his acetylene torch; C/Us as he welds another metal pole to the design. M/S as he finishes welding; gets up and we see the sculpture is suspended from a large metal tripod; he hoists it high and walks off. Commentator tells us in 1953 “he became internationally famous with his award winning ’Unknown Polit