an historic occasion, there are people who don’t know that much about
Bob Paisley, so there’s a huge responsibility to not only get the detail
authentic but to get the spirit and the feel because you’re telling a story –
it’s like 3D journalism.”
The maquette which Andy presented to Peter Moore was one-fifth scale- “big enough to show the detail that will appear at full-size but also small
enough to be able to hold in your hand and move around to see how the
whole thing is going to work when it’s seen from 50 yards away.
“The main thing is to get the proportions right. If you’ve got a hand
that’s too small, or a head that’s too big, people are going to spot it
straightway. It has to be true to a figure carrying a 15-stone footballer on
his back.
“It would be quite normal to get three-quarters of a way through a job
and then change the position of a knee by six inches, either because it’s
drifted out of place or it would simply look better. A lot of the calculations
are done by eye.”
Working alongside Andy was the foundry’s managing-director Chris
Butler, who explains how the creative process is a combination of
individual talent and state-of-the-art technology.
“I hadn’t seen this picture before and what’s great is that it shows a
“We are delighted that finally we will have at Anfield
a permanent legacy so people can go and see what this
great man – and this great player – looked like”
BOB IN BRONZE